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New King James Version

Jeremiah 25:25

all the kings of Zimri, 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;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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 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 says the LORD God of Israel to me: "Take this wine cup of fury from My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it. 16 And they will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them." 17 Then I took the cup from the LORD's hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the LORD had sent me: 18 Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, and all his people; 20 all the mixed multitude, all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the Philistines (namely, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod); 21 Edom, Moab, and the people of Ammon; 22 all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are across the sea; 23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who are in the farthest corners; 24 all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed multitude who dwell in the desert;

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, "Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man.
Genesis 27:16
And she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
Genesis 27:23
And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like 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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