Jeremiah 50:43
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50:43The king of Babylon will become paralyzed with fear109
when he hears news of their coming.110
Anguish will grip him,
agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby.111
Footnotes
- 109 Heb “his hands will drop/hang limp.” For the meaning of this idiom see the translator’s note on .
- 110 Heb “The king of Babylon hears report of them and his hands hang limp.” The verbs are translated as future because the passage is prophetic and the verbs may be interpreted as prophetic perfects (the action viewed as if it were as good as done). In the parallel passage in 6:24 the verbs could be understood as present perfects because the passage could be viewed as in the present. Here it is future.
- 111 Compare Jer 6:22–24 where almost the same exact words as 50:41–43 are applied to the people of Judah. The repetition of prophecies here and in the following verses emphasizes the talionic nature of God’s punishment of Babylon; as they have done to others, so it will be done to them (cf. 25:14; 50:15).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“The king of Babylon heard the report of them,
and his hands fell helpless;
anguish seized him,
pain as of a woman in labor.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The king of Babylon has heard reports about them,
and his hands hang limp.
Anguish has gripped him,
pain like that of a woman in labor.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The king of Babylon has heard about them;
his hands have become weak.
Distress has seized him—
pain, like a woman in labor.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The king of Babylon has heard reports about the enemy,
and he is weak with fright.
Pangs of anguish have gripped him,
like those of a woman in labor.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The king of Babylon heard their report
and his hands grew slack.
Anxiety has seized him,
fear and pain like the woman who gives birth.
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KJV 1900King James Version
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them,
And his hands waxed feeble:
Anguish took hold of him,
And pangs as of a woman in travail.
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