Jeremiah 50:22

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

The sound of battle is in the earth, - And a great destruction.

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.

King James 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!

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 Against the land of Merathaim, go thou up against her, And against the inhabitants of Pekod, - Lay waste and devote to destruction after them Declareth Yahweh, And do according to all which I have commanded thee. ²² The sound of battle is in the earth, - And a great destruction. ²³ How s cut and broken the hammer of all the earth! How hath Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! ²⁴ I laid a snare for thee yea and thou wast captured O Babylon, when, thou wast not aware, - Thou wast found out yea and taken, For with Yahweh, hadst thou contended. ²⁵ Yahweh opened his armoury, and brought out his weapons of indignation, - For, a work, it is pertaining to My Lord, Yahweh of hosts, in the land of the Chaldeans, ²⁶ Come ye against her from farthest parts, Throw open her granaries, Cast her up as heaps, and devote her to destruction, - Do not let her have a remnant. ²⁷ Cut up all her bullocks, Let them go down to the slaughter, - Alas for them! For their day, hath come, Their time for punishment. ²⁸ The voice Of them who are in flight and Of such as are escaping, out of the land of Babylon, - To tell in Zion The avenging of Yahweh our God, The avenging of his temple. ²⁹ Publish against Babylon ye chiefs of all who tread the bow - Encamp against her round about Let there be none to escape, Recompense to her according to her work, According to all which she did, do ye to her, - For Against Yahweh, hath she acted presumptuously, Against the Holy One of Israel. ³⁰ Therefore, shall her young men fall in her broadways, - And, all her men of war, be silenced in that day, Declareth Yahweh.

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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.