“Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.”
King James Version (KJV)
51:41 Sheshach - A name given to the city of Babylon.
51:42 The sea - A multitude of enemies.
51:44 Bel - Bel was the principal Babylonian idol. Bring forth - All the vessels of the temple, #2Chron 36:7|, and whatever gifts the Babylonians had presented to him. The wall - And the city of Babylon shall be also ruined.
51:45 Go out of her - At all hazards escape for your lives.
Her cities are a desolation, a dry land and a wildernes, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doeth any sonne of man passe thereby.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"Her cities have become an object of horror, A parched land and a desert, A land in which no man lives And through which no son of man passes.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Her towns have become a waste, a dry and unwatered land, where no man has his living-place and no son of man goes by.
- Basic English Bible
Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no one dwelleth, neither doth a son of man pass thereby.
- Darby Bible
Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land in which no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass by it.
- Webster's Bible
Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land in which no man dwells, neither does any son of man pass thereby.
- World English Bible
Its cities have been for a desolation, A dry land, and a wilderness, A land -- none doth dwell in them, Nor pass over into them doth a son of man.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible