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King James Version

Jeremiah 50:22

A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Lance, Lancet;   Persia, Persians;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The sound of war is in the land—a crushing blow!
Hebrew Names Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
English Standard Version
The noise of battle is in the land, and great destruction!
New American Standard Bible
"The noise of battle is in the land, And great destruction.
New Century Version
"The noise of battle can be heard all over the country; it is the noise of much destruction.
Amplified Bible
"The noise of battle is in the land, And [the noise of] great destruction.
World English Bible
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A crie of battell is in the land, and of great destruction.
Legacy Standard Bible
The noise of battle is in the land,And great destruction.
Berean Standard Bible
The noise of battle is in the land-the noise of great destruction.
Contemporary English Version
Sounds of war and the noise of destruction can be heard.
Complete Jewish Bible
"The sound of battle is heard in the land, with great destruction!
Darby Translation
A sound of battle is in the land, and great destruction.
Easy-to-Read Version
"The noise of battle can be heard all over the country. It is the noise of much destruction.
George Lamsa Translation
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Good News Translation
The noise of battle is heard in the land, and there is great destruction.
Lexham English Bible
The sound of battle is in the land, and great destruction.
Literal Translation
A sound of battle is in the land and of great ruin.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
There is gone aboute the londe a crie of a slaughter & greate murthur, namely on this maner:
American Standard Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Bible in Basic English
There is a sound of war in the land and of great destruction.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hark! battle is in the land, and great destruction.
King James Version (1611)
A sound of battell is in the land, and of great destruction.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
There is gone about the lande a crye of a slaughter and great murther [namelye on this maner]
English Revised Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The vois of batel and greet sorewe in the lond.
Update Bible Version
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Webster's Bible Translation
A sound of battle [is] in the land, and of great destruction.
New English Translation
The noise of battle can be heard in the land of Babylonia. There is the sound of great destruction.
New King James Version
A sound of battle is in the land, And of great destruction.
New Living Translation
"Let the battle cry be heard in the land, a shout of great destruction.
New Life Bible
The noise of battle is in the land, and much is destroyed.
New Revised Standard
The noise of battle is in the land, and great destruction!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sound of battle is in the earth, - And a great destruction.
Douay-Rheims Bible
A noise of war in the land, and a great destruction.
Revised Standard Version
The noise of battle is in the land, and great destruction!
Young's Literal Translation
A noise of battle [is] in the land, and of great destruction.
THE MESSAGE
"The thunderclap of battle shakes the foundations! The Hammer has been hammered, smashed and splintered, Babylon pummeled beyond recognition. I set out a trap and you were caught in it. O Babylon, you never knew what hit you, Caught and held in the steel grip of that trap! That's what you get for taking on God .
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The noise of battle is in the land, And great destruction.

Contextual Overview

21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the Lord , and do according to all that I have commanded thee. 22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. 23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord . 25 The Lord hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord God of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. 26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. 27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. 28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple. 29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord , against the Holy One of Israel. 30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 4:19-21, Jeremiah 51:54-56, Isaiah 21:2-4

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

A sound of battle [is] in the land,.... In the land of the Chaldeans, as it is expressed in the Septuagint and Arabic versions; the noise of warriors, the clashing of arms, and sound of trumpets, both of the enemy entered into the land, and of the Chaldeans arming themselves in their own defence:

and of great destruction; in the same land; or in Babylon, as Abarbinel supplies it; this is the consequent of the former.


 
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