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Jeremiah 51:31
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One runner runs to meet another,And one messenger to meet another,To give a message to the king of BabylonThat his city has been captured from end to end;
One courier runs to meet another, And one messenger to meet another, To tell the king of Babylon That his city has been captured from end to end;
One purseuaunt shall meete another, yea one poste shall come by another, to bryng the kyng of Babylon tidinges that his citie is taken on euery syde,
Courier runneth to meet courier, and messenger to meet messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city is taken from end to end;
One runner will run to meet another, And one messenger to meet another, To show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on all sides;
A runner shall run to meet a runner, and a herald to meet a herald, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city is captured from end to end ,
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to met another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:
One poste shall runne to meet another, and one messenger to meete another, to shew the king of Babylon that his citie is taken at one end,
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,
One purseuaunt shal mete another, yee one poste shal come by another, to bringe the kinge of Babilon tydinges: that his cite is taken in on euery syde,
One courier runs to meet another, And one messenger to meet another, To tell the king of Babylon That his city has been captured from end to end;
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:
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;
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken at [one] end,
One messenger follows another; messenger follows messenger. They announce to the king of Babylon that his whole city has been captured.
One runner after another will come to the king of Babylon. One messenger after another will come bringing news. They will bring news to the king of Babylon that his whole city has been captured.
One messenger after another announces to the king, "Babylon has been captured!
One runner runs to meet another, messenger to meet messenger, to report to the king of Bavel that every part of his city is taken,
A post shall runne to meete the post, and a messenger to meete the messenger, to shew the King of Babel, that his citie is taken on a side thereof,
One courier shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken from every side,
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to met another, to show the king of Bavel that his city is taken on every quarter:
One post runneth to meet another, and one messenger to meet an other, to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter;
The news is passed from one runner to the next as the messengers hurry to tell the king that his city has been captured.
One man with news runs to meet another, and he runs to meet another. They run to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been taken from end to end.
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:
One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.
One runner runs to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken from end to end:
Runner to meet runner, shall they run, And teller to meet teller,-To tell the king of Babylon, That captured is his city at the end!
One running post shall meet another, and messenger shall meet messenger: to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken from one end to the other:
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.
One messenger follows another. Messenger follows messenger. They announce to the king of Babylon that his whole city has been captured.
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;
One courier runs to meet another, And one messenger to meet another, To tell the king of Babylon That his city has been captured from end to end;
Messenger after messenger runs to tell the king of Babylonia that his city has been broken into from every side.
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.
A rennere schal come ayens a rennere, and a messanger ayens a messanger, to telle to the kyng of Babiloyne, that his citee is takun fro the toon ende `til to the tother ende;
Runner to meet runner doth run, And announcer to meet announcer, To announce to the king of Babylon, For, captured hath been his city -- at the extremity.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
post: Jeremiah 4:20, Jeremiah 50:24, 1 Samuel 4:12-18, 2 Samuel 18:19-31, 2 Chronicles 30:6, Esther 3:13-15, Esther 8:10, Esther 8:14, Job 9:25
to show: Jeremiah 50:43, Isaiah 21:3-9, Isaiah 47:11-13, Daniel 5:2-5, Daniel 5:30
Reciprocal: Job 1:14 - messenger Job 1:18 - there came Psalms 127:1 - the watchman
Gill's Notes on the Bible
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another,.... That is, one post should be after another, and one messenger after another, post upon post, and messenger upon messenger, as fast as they could run; when one had been with his message, and delivered it, and returned, he meets another; or they met one another, coming from different places:
to show the king of Babylon his city is taken at [one] end; or, "at the end" l; we render it "one end", as Kimchi does; at the end where Cyrus's army first landed, when they came up the channel of the river Euphrates they had drained. And so Herodotus m says, that when the Babylonians, which inhabited the "extreme parts" of the city, were taken, they that were in the middle of it were not sensible of it, because of the greatness of the city; and the rather, because they were engaged that night in feasting and dancing. Nay, Aristotle n says, it was reported that one part of the city was taken three days before the other end knew it, it being more like a country than a city; which does not seem credible, nor is it consistent with the Scripture account of it; however, it was taken by surprise, and some parts of it before the king was aware of it; who very probably had his palace in the middle of it, whither these messengers ran one after another, or from different parts, to acquaint him with it.
l מקצה "a fine", Montanus; "ab extremitate", Calvin, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, De Dieu, Schmidt. m L. 1. sive Clio, c. 191. n Politic. l. 3. c. 3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The royal palace was a strong fortification in the heart of the city. The messengers thus met one another.
At one end - Rather, from all sides, entirely, completely.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 51:31. One post shall run to meet another — As the city was taken by surprise, in the manner already related, so now messengers, one after another, were despatched to give the king information of what was done; viz., that the city was taken at one end. Herodotus tells us that the extreme parts of the city were taken, before those of the centre knew any thing of the invasion. Herodot. lib. i. c. 191.