Jeremiah 51:31
World English Bible (WEB)
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.
In context
29 The land trembles and is in pain; for the purposes of the LORD against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
30 The mighty men of Babylon have stopped fighting, they remain in their strongholds. Their might has failed. They have become as women. Her dwelling places are set on fire. Her bars are broken.
31 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.
32 So the passages are seized. They have burned the reeds with fire. The men of war are frightened.”
33 For the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says: “The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden. Yet a little while, and the time of harvest comes for her.”
Jeremiah 51:31 in every translation
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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,