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the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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Literal Standard Version
Jeremiah 51:42
The sea has come up over Babylon, || She has been covered with a multitude of its billows.
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Christian Standard Bible®
The sea has risen over Babylon;she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
The sea has risen over Babylon;she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
Hebrew Names Version
The sea is come up on Bavel; she is covered with the multitude of the waves of it.
The sea is come up on Bavel; she is covered with the multitude of the waves of it.
King James Version
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
English Standard Version
The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
New American Standard Bible
"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed by its roaring waves.
"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed by its roaring waves.
New Century Version
The sea has risen over Babylon; its roaring waves cover her.
The sea has risen over Babylon; its roaring waves cover her.
Amplified Bible
"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.
"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.
World English Bible
The sea is come up on Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves of it.
The sea is come up on Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves of it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The sea is come vp vpon Babel: he is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof.
The sea is come vp vpon Babel: he is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.
"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.
Legacy Standard Bible
The sea has come up over Babylon;She has been covered with its tumultuous waves.
The sea has come up over Babylon;She has been covered with its tumultuous waves.
Berean Standard Bible
The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.
The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.
Contemporary English Version
Babylon's enemies will rise like ocean waves and flood the city.
Babylon's enemies will rise like ocean waves and flood the city.
Complete Jewish Bible
The sea has flooded Bavel, overwhelmed her with its raging waves.
The sea has flooded Bavel, overwhelmed her with its raging waves.
Darby Translation
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
Easy-to-Read Version
The sea will rise over Babylon. Its roaring waves will cover her.
The sea will rise over Babylon. Its roaring waves will cover her.
George Lamsa Translation
The sea has come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
The sea has come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
Good News Translation
The sea has rolled over Babylon and covered it with roaring waves.
The sea has rolled over Babylon and covered it with roaring waves.
Lexham English Bible
The sea has risen over Babylon, she has been covered by the roar of its waves.
The sea has risen over Babylon, she has been covered by the roar of its waves.
Literal Translation
The sea has come up over Babylon, she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
The sea has come up over Babylon, she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The see is rysen ouer Babilon, & hath couered her with his greate wawes.
The see is rysen ouer Babilon, & hath couered her with his greate wawes.
American Standard Version
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Bible in Basic English
The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered with the mass of its waves.
The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered with the mass of its waves.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
King James Version (1611)
The sea is come vp vpon Babylon: she is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof.
The sea is come vp vpon Babylon: she is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sea is risen ouer Babylon, & hath couered her with her great waues.
The sea is risen ouer Babylon, & hath couered her with her great waues.
English Revised Version
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the see stiede on Babiloyne, it was hilid with the multitude of hise wawis.
And the see stiede on Babiloyne, it was hilid with the multitude of hise wawis.
Update Bible Version
The sea has come up on Babylon; she's covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The sea has come up on Babylon; she's covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Webster's Bible Translation
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
New English Translation
The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.
The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.
New King James Version
The sea has come up over Babylon; She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
The sea has come up over Babylon; She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
New Living Translation
The sea has risen over Babylon; she is covered by its crashing waves.
The sea has risen over Babylon; she is covered by its crashing waves.
New Life Bible
The sea has come up over Babylon. She has been covered with its many big waves.
The sea has come up over Babylon. She has been covered with its many big waves.
New Revised Standard
The sea has risen over Babylon; she has been covered by its tumultuous waves.
The sea has risen over Babylon; she has been covered by its tumultuous waves.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sea, hath gone up over Babylon, - With the multitude of its rolling waves, is she covered.
The sea, hath gone up over Babylon, - With the multitude of its rolling waves, is she covered.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sea is come up over Babylon:she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The sea is come up over Babylon:she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Revised Standard Version
The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
Young's Literal Translation
Come up against Babylon hath the sea, With a multitude of its billows it hath been covered.
Come up against Babylon hath the sea, With a multitude of its billows it hath been covered.
Contextual Overview
1Thus said YHWH: "Behold, I am stirring up against Babylon, || And the inhabitants of Leb, My withstanders, || A destroying wind, 2And I have sent fanners to Babylon, || And they have fanned her, and they empty her land, || For they have been against her, || All around—in the day of evil. 3Do not let the treader tread his bow, || Nor lift himself up in his coat of mail, || Nor have pity on her young men, || Devote all her host to destruction. 4And the wounded have fallen in the land of the Chaldeans, || And the pierced-through in her streets. 5For Israel and Judah are not forsaken || By his God—by YHWH of Hosts, || For their land has been full of guilt, || Against the Holy One of Israel. 6Flee from the midst of Babylon, || And let each deliver his soul, || Do not be cut off in her iniquity, || For it [is] a time of vengeance for YHWH—His, || He is rendering repayment to her. 7Babylon [is] a golden cup in the hand of YHWH, || Making all the earth drunk, || Nations have drunk of her wine, || Therefore nations boast themselves. 8Babylon has suddenly fallen, || Indeed, she is broken, howl for her, || Take balm for her pain, perhaps she may be healed. 9We healed Babylon, and she was not healed, || Forsake her, and we go, each to his land, || For her judgment has come to the heavens, || And it has been lifted up to the clouds. 10YHWH has brought forth our righteousnesses, || Come, and we recount in Zion the work of our God YHWH.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 18:4, Psalms 18:16, Psalms 42:7, Psalms 65:7, Psalms 93:3, Isaiah 8:7, Isaiah 8:8, Ezekiel 27:26-34, Daniel 9:26, Luke 21:25, Revelation 17:15, Revelation 17:16
Reciprocal: Isaiah 14:23 - make Isaiah 21:1 - the desert Isaiah 29:7 - the multitude Jeremiah 51:64 - Thus shall Ezekiel 26:3 - as the sea Daniel 11:10 - overflow
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The sea is come up upon Babylon,.... A vast army, comparable to the great sea for the multitude thereof, even the army of the Medes and Persians under Cyrus; so the Targum,
"a king with his armies, which are numerous like the waters of the sea, is come up against Babylon:''
she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof; being surrounded, besieged, surprised, and seized upon by the multitude of soldiers in that army, which poured in upon it unawares. Some think here is a beautiful antithesis, between the inundation of Cyrus's army and the draining of the river Euphrates, by which means he poured in his forces into Babylon.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
By a grand metaphor the invading army is compared to the sea.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 51:42. The sea is come up — A multitude of foes have inundated the city.
