Jeremiah 51:57 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJeremiah 51:57 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְ֠הִשְׁכַּרְתִּי
shâkar
H7937
to be drunk
שָׂרֶ֨יהָ
sar
H8269
prince
וַחֲכָמֶ֜יהָ
châkâm
H2450
wise
פַּחוֹתֶ֤יהָ
pechâh
H6346
governor
וּסְגָנֶ֨יהָ֙
çâgân
H5461
governor
וְגִבּוֹרֶ֔יהָ
gibbôwr
H1368
mighty
וְיָשְׁנ֥וּ
yâshên
H3462
to sleep
שְׁנַת
shênâh
H8142
sleep
עוֹלָ֖ם
ʻôwlâm
H5769
forever
וְלֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יָקִ֑יצוּ
qûwts
H6974
to awake
נְאֻ֨ם
nᵉʼum
H5002
utterance
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
יְהוָ֥ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
צְבָא֖וֹת
tsâbâʼ
H6635
army
שְׁמֽוֹ
shêm
H8034
name
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World English Bible Public Domain
I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Hosts.
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King James Version Public Domain
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For I will make her princes, her sages, her officials, and her soldiers drunk, and they will sleep in an unending sleep and never wake up— this is the King’s declaration: Yahweh of hosts is his name.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).