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JPS Old Testament

Jeremiah 25:25

and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cup;   Government;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Nation;   Zimri;   Thompson Chain Reference - Elam;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Edomites, the;   Ishmaelites, the;   Sidonians, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Egypt;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Persia;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Eternal Punishment;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Medes;   Prophet;   Zimri;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elam;   Jeremiah;   Medes, Media;   Zimran;   Zimri;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Elam;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Medes, Media;   Zimri;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Elam ;   Medes, Media ;   Zimri ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elam;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jeremi'ah, Book of;   Medes, Me'dia;   Zim'ri;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Cup;   Jeremiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elam;   Jeremiah (2);   Medes;   Zimran;   Zimri (1);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Elam;   Media;   Zimri;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
all the kings of Zimri,
Hebrew Names Version
and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of `Elam, and all the kings of the Madai;
King James Version
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
English Standard Version
all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media;
New American Standard Bible
and to all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media;
New Century Version
all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;
Amplified Bible
all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam (Persia), and all the kings of Media;
World English Bible
and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And all the Kings of Zimri, and all the Kings of Elam, and all the Kings of the Medes,
Legacy Standard Bible
and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media,
Berean Standard Bible
all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;
Contemporary English Version
Zimri, Elam, Media,
Complete Jewish Bible
all the kings of Zimri, of ‘Eilam and of the Medes;
Darby Translation
and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
Easy-to-Read Version
I made all the kings from Zimri, Elam, and Media drink from the cup.
George Lamsa Translation
And all the kings of Zimran and all the kings of Elam and all the kings of the Medes
Lexham English Bible
and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media;
Literal Translation
and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
all the kinges of Simri, all the kinges of Elam, all ye kinges of the Meedes,
American Standard Version
and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
Bible in Basic English
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
King James Version (1611)
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
All the kinges of Zimri, al the kinges of Elam, all the kinges of the Medes,
English Revised Version
and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and to alle the kingis of Zambri, and to alle the kingis of Elam, and to alle the kyngis of Medeis; and to alle the kingis of the north,
Update Bible Version
and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
Webster's Bible Translation
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
New English Translation
all the kings of Zimri; all the kings of Elam; all the kings of Media;
New King James Version
all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
New Living Translation
and to the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media.
New Life Bible
I was sent to all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, all the kings of Media,
New Revised Standard
all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the kings of Zambri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes:
Revised Standard Version
all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media;
Young's Literal Translation
And all the kings of Zimri, And all the kings of Elam, And all the kings of Media,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam and all the kings of Media;

Contextual Overview

15 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto me: Take this cup of the wine of fury at My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. 16 And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be like madmen, because of the sword that I will send among them.-- 17 Then took I the cup of the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: 18 Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them an appalment, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; 20 and all the mingled people; and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; 21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon; 22 and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea; 23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners of their hair polled; 24 and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the wilderness;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Zimri: Genesis 25:2, Zimran

Elam: Jeremiah 49:34-39, Genesis 10:22, Genesis 14:1, Isaiah 11:11, Isaiah 22:6, Ezekiel 32:24, Daniel 8:2

Medes: Jeremiah 51:11, Jeremiah 51:28, Isaiah 13:17, Daniel 5:28

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 1:17 - Elam 1 Chronicles 2:6 - Zimri Ezra 4:9 - Elamites Jeremiah 49:30 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 27:11
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother: 'Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
Genesis 27:16
And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck.
Genesis 27:23
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And all the kings of Zimri,.... Of Arabia Felix, so called from Zimran, a son of Abraham by Keturah, Genesis 25:2; the same whom Pliny n calls Zamerenes;

and all the kings of Elam; or Persia; who are prophesied against in

Jeremiah 49:34;

and all the kings of the Medes; who commonly go together with the Persians.

n Nat. Hist. I. 6. c. 28.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Zimri - Probably a district between Arabia and Persia. “Elam” is put in Scripture for the whole of Persia.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 25:25. Zimri — Descendants of Abraham, by Keturah, Genesis 25:2; Genesis 25:6.

Elam — Called Elymais by the Greeks, was on the south frontier of Media, to the north of Susiana, not far from Babylon.


 
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