Jeremiah 51:42
“The sea is come vp vpon Babylon: she is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof.”
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Jeremiah 51:42 Context
40I will bring them downe like lambes to the slaughter, like rammes with hee goates. 41How is Sheshach taken? and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised? how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations? 42The sea is come vp vpon Babylon: she is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof. 43Her cities are a desolation, a dry land and a wildernes, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doeth any sonne of man passe thereby. 44And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed vp, and the nations shall not flow together any more vnto him, yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
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Other Translations for Jeremiah 51:42
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
- King James Version
"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered with the mass of its waves.
- Basic English Bible
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
- Darby Bible
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
- Webster's Bible
The sea is come up on Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
- World English Bible
Come up against Babylon hath the sea, With a multitude of its billows it hath been covered.
- Youngs Literal Bible
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 51:42
51:42 The sea - A multitude of enemies.