Jeremiah 51:58 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJeremiah 51:58 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 →
כֹּֽה
kôh
H3541
thus
אָמַ֞ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָ֣ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
צְבָא֗וֹת
tsâbâʼ
H6635
army
חֹ֠מוֹת
chôwmâh
H2346
wall
בָּבֶ֤ל
Bâbel
H894
Babylon
הָֽרְחָבָה֙
râchâb
H7342
wide
עַרְעֵ֣ר
ʻârar
H6209
to strip
תִּתְעַרְעָ֔ר
ʻârar
H6209
to strip
וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ
shaʻar
H8179
gate
הַגְּבֹהִ֖ים
gâbôahh
H1364
high
בָּאֵ֣שׁ
ʼêsh
H784
fire
יִצַּ֑תּוּ
yâtsath
H3341
to kindle
וְיִֽגְע֨וּ
yâgaʻ
H3021
to toil
עַמִּ֧ים
ʻam
H5971
people
בְּדֵי
day
H1767
enough
רִ֛יק
rîyq
H7385
emptiness
וּלְאֻמִּ֥ים
lᵉʼôm
H3816
people
בְּדֵי
day
H1767
enough
אֵ֖שׁ
ʼêsh
H784
fire
וְיָעֵֽפוּ
yâʻaph
H3286
to be weary
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
Layout
-
World English Bible Public Domain
Thus says Yahweh of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.
-
King James Version Public Domain
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
-
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Yahweh of hosts says this: The thick walls of Babylon will be completely demolished, and her high gates will be burned. Then the peoples coming to her aid will labor uselessly; everything that the nations try to do for her will be burned up.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).