Jeremiah 51:31
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51:31One runner after another will come to the king of Babylon.
One messenger after another will come bringing news.73
They will bring news to the king of Babylon
that his whole city has been captured.74
Footnotes
- 73 Heb “Runner will run to meet runner and …” The intent is to portray a relay of runners carrying the news that follows on in vv. 31d–33 to the king of Babylon. The present translation attempts to spell out the significance.
- 74 Heb “Runner will run to meet runner and messenger to meet messenger to report to the king of Babylon that his city has been taken in [its] entirety.” There is general agreement among the commentaries that the first two lines refer to messengers converging on the king of Babylon from every direction bringing news the sum total of which is reported in the lines that follow. For the meaning of the last phrase see 892 קָצֶה 3 and compare the usage in Gen 19:4 and Isa 56:11. The sentence has been broken down and restructured to better conform with contemporary English style.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
One runner runs to meet another,
and one messenger to meet another,
to tell the king of Babylon
that his city is taken on every side;
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
One courier follows another
and messenger follows messenger
to announce to the king of Babylon
that his entire city is captured,
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Messenger races to meet messenger,
and herald to meet herald,
to announce to the king of Babylon
that his city has been captured
from end to end.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The news is passed from one runner to the next
as the messengers hurry to tell the king
that his city has been captured.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
one runner runs to meet another runner,
and one messenger to meet another messenger,
to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been captured,
from end to end.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
One post shall run to meet another,
And one messenger to meet another,
To shew the king of Babylon
That his city is taken at one end,
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