Jeremiah 51:31

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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.

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29 The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

30 The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.

31 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.

32 The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”

33 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”

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Jeremiah 51:31 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: 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.
KJV King 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,
WEB World English Bible: 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 every quarter.
ASV American Standard Version: 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:
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 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.
DBY Darby Translation: 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;
WBS Webster Bible: 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,