Jeremiah 51:42–43
Jeremiah 51:42–43 — The New International Version (NIV)
42 The sea will rise over Babylon;
its roaring waves will cover her.
43 Her towns will be desolate,
a dry and desert land,
a land where no one lives,
through which no one travels.
Jeremiah 51:42–43 — English Standard Version (ESV)
42 The sea has come up on Babylon;
she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
43 Her cities have become a horror,
a land of drought and a desert,
a land in which no one dwells,
and through which no son of man passes.
Jeremiah 51:42–43 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
42 The sea is come up upon Babylon:
She is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
43 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.
Jeremiah 51:42–43 — New Living Translation (NLT)
42 The sea has risen over Babylon;
she is covered by its crashing waves.
43 Her cities now lie in ruins;
she is a dry wasteland
where no one lives or even passes by.
Jeremiah 51:42–43 — New Century Version (NCV)
42 The sea has risen over Babylon;
its roaring waves cover her.
43 Babylon’s towns are ruined and empty.
It has become a dry, desert land,
a land where no one lives.
People do not even travel through Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:42–43 — American Standard Version (ASV)
42 The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. 43 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.
Jeremiah 51:42–43 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves. 43 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.
Jeremiah 51:42–43 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
42 What a horrifying sight Babylon will be to the nations!
The sea will rise over Babylon,
and its roaring waves will cover it.
43 Its cities will be ruined.
It will become a desert, a land where no one lives
and where no human travels.
Jeremiah 51:42–43 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
42 The sea has risen over Babylon;
she is covered with its turbulent waves.
43 Her cities have become a desolation,
a dry and arid land,
a land where no one lives,
where no human being passes through.
Jeremiah 51:42–43 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
42 The sea has risen over Babylon;
she has been covered by its tumultuous waves.
43 Her cities have become an object of horror,
a land of drought and a desert,
a land in which no one lives,
and through which no mortal passes.
Jeremiah 51:42–43 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
42 The sea has risen over Babylon,
she has been covered by the roar of its waves.
43 Her cities have become as an object of horror,
a dry land and a wilderness,
a land in which no person lives,
nor does a son of humankind pass through it.
Jeremiah 51:42–43 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
42 Babylon’s enemies will sweep over it like an ocean.
Like roaring waves they will cover it.
43 The towns of Babylonia will be empty.
It will become a dry and desert land.
No one will live there.
No one will even travel through it.
Jeremiah 51:42–43 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
42 “The sea has come up over Babylon;
She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.
43 “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.