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New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jeremiah 51:42
"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.
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Christian Standard Bible®
The sea has risen over Babylon;she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
The sea has risen over Babylon;she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
Hebrew Names Version
The sea is come up on Bavel; she is covered with the multitude of the waves of it.
The sea is come up on Bavel; she is covered with the multitude of the waves of it.
King James Version
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
English Standard Version
The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
New American Standard Bible
"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed by its roaring waves.
"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed by its roaring waves.
New Century Version
The sea has risen over Babylon; its roaring waves cover her.
The sea has risen over Babylon; its roaring waves cover her.
Amplified Bible
"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.
"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.
World English Bible
The sea is come up on Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves of it.
The sea is come up on Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves of it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The sea is come vp vpon Babel: he is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof.
The sea is come vp vpon Babel: he is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof.
Legacy Standard Bible
The sea has come up over Babylon;She has been covered with its tumultuous waves.
The sea has come up over Babylon;She has been covered with its tumultuous waves.
Berean Standard Bible
The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.
The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.
Contemporary English Version
Babylon's enemies will rise like ocean waves and flood the city.
Babylon's enemies will rise like ocean waves and flood the city.
Complete Jewish Bible
The sea has flooded Bavel, overwhelmed her with its raging waves.
The sea has flooded Bavel, overwhelmed her with its raging waves.
Darby Translation
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
Easy-to-Read Version
The sea will rise over Babylon. Its roaring waves will cover her.
The sea will rise over Babylon. Its roaring waves will cover her.
George Lamsa Translation
The sea has come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
The sea has come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
Good News Translation
The sea has rolled over Babylon and covered it with roaring waves.
The sea has rolled over Babylon and covered it with roaring waves.
Lexham English Bible
The sea has risen over Babylon, she has been covered by the roar of its waves.
The sea has risen over Babylon, she has been covered by the roar of its waves.
Literal Translation
The sea has come up over Babylon, she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
The sea has come up over Babylon, she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The see is rysen ouer Babilon, & hath couered her with his greate wawes.
The see is rysen ouer Babilon, & hath couered her with his greate wawes.
American Standard Version
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Bible in Basic English
The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered with the mass of its waves.
The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered with the mass of its waves.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
King James Version (1611)
The sea is come vp vpon Babylon: she is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof.
The sea is come vp vpon Babylon: she is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sea is risen ouer Babylon, & hath couered her with her great waues.
The sea is risen ouer Babylon, & hath couered her with her great waues.
English Revised Version
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the see stiede on Babiloyne, it was hilid with the multitude of hise wawis.
And the see stiede on Babiloyne, it was hilid with the multitude of hise wawis.
Update Bible Version
The sea has come up on Babylon; she's covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The sea has come up on Babylon; she's covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Webster's Bible Translation
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
New English Translation
The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.
The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.
New King James Version
The sea has come up over Babylon; She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
The sea has come up over Babylon; She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
New Living Translation
The sea has risen over Babylon; she is covered by its crashing waves.
The sea has risen over Babylon; she is covered by its crashing waves.
New Life Bible
The sea has come up over Babylon. She has been covered with its many big waves.
The sea has come up over Babylon. She has been covered with its many big waves.
New Revised Standard
The sea has risen over Babylon; she has been covered by its tumultuous waves.
The sea has risen over Babylon; she has been covered by its tumultuous waves.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sea, hath gone up over Babylon, - With the multitude of its rolling waves, is she covered.
The sea, hath gone up over Babylon, - With the multitude of its rolling waves, is she covered.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sea is come up over Babylon:she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The sea is come up over Babylon:she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Revised Standard Version
The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
Young's Literal Translation
Come up against Babylon hath the sea, With a multitude of its billows it hath been covered.
Come up against Babylon hath the sea, With a multitude of its billows it hath been covered.
Contextual Overview
1 Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I am going to arouse against Babylon And against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai The spirit of a destroyer. 2 "I will dispatch foreigners to Babylon that they may winnow her And may devastate her land; For on every side they will be opposed to her In the day of her calamity. 3 "Let not him who bends his bow bend it, Nor let him rise up in his scale-armor; So do not spare her young men; Devote all her army to destruction. 4 "They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, And pierced through in their streets." 5 For neither Israel nor Judah has been forsaken By his God, the LORD of hosts, Although their land is full of guilt Before the Holy One of Israel. 6 Flee from the midst of Babylon, And each of you save his life! Do not be destroyed in her punishment, For this is the LORD'S time of vengeance; He is going to render recompense to her. 7 Babylon has been a golden cup in the hand of the LORD, Intoxicating all the earth. The nations have drunk of her wine; Therefore the nations are going mad. 8 Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; Wail over her! Bring balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed. 9 We applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed; Forsake her and let us each go to his own country, For her judgment has reached to heaven And towers up to the very skies. 10 The LORD has brought about our vindication; Come and let us recount in Zion The work of the LORD our God!
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 18:4, Psalms 18:16, Psalms 42:7, Psalms 65:7, Psalms 93:3, Isaiah 8:7, Isaiah 8:8, Ezekiel 27:26-34, Daniel 9:26, Luke 21:25, Revelation 17:15, Revelation 17:16
Reciprocal: Isaiah 14:23 - make Isaiah 21:1 - the desert Isaiah 29:7 - the multitude Jeremiah 51:64 - Thus shall Ezekiel 26:3 - as the sea Daniel 11:10 - overflow
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The sea is come up upon Babylon,.... A vast army, comparable to the great sea for the multitude thereof, even the army of the Medes and Persians under Cyrus; so the Targum,
"a king with his armies, which are numerous like the waters of the sea, is come up against Babylon:''
she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof; being surrounded, besieged, surprised, and seized upon by the multitude of soldiers in that army, which poured in upon it unawares. Some think here is a beautiful antithesis, between the inundation of Cyrus's army and the draining of the river Euphrates, by which means he poured in his forces into Babylon.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
By a grand metaphor the invading army is compared to the sea.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 51:42. The sea is come up — A multitude of foes have inundated the city.
