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Jeremiah 51:31 — compare English translations

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    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:
  • King James Version Public Domain
    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,
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    A messenger runs to proclaim to another messenger, and a runner tells another runner to report to the king of Babylon that his city has been taken from end to end.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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