Jeremiah 51:54
Modern Translations
New International Version
"The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.

New Living Translation
“Listen! Hear the cry of Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.

English Standard Version
“A voice! A cry from Babylon! The noise of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

Berean Study Bible
“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

New American Standard Bible
The sound of an outcry from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

NASB 1995
The sound of an outcry from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

NASB 1977
The sound of an outcry from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

Amplified Bible
The sound of an outcry [comes] from Babylon, And [the sound] of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

Christian Standard Bible
The sound of a cry from Babylon! The sound of terrible destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The sound of a cry from Babylon! The sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

Contemporary English Version
Listen to the cries for help coming from Babylon. Everywhere in the country the sounds of destruction can be heard.

Good News Translation
The LORD says, "Listen to the sound of crying in Babylon, of mourning for the destruction in the land.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Cries of agony are heard from Babylon. Sounds of terrible destruction are heard from the land of the Babylonians.

International Standard Version
"The sound of a cry is coming from Babylon, great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans.

NET Bible
Cries of anguish will come from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

New King James Version
The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, And great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans,

King James 2000 Bible
A sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

New Heart English Bible
"The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans."

World English Bible
The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

American King James Version
A sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

American Standard Version
The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

A Faithful Version
A sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans,

Darby Bible Translation
The sound of a cry [cometh] from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans;

English Revised Version
The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

Webster's Bible Translation
A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
A sound of a cry commeth from Babel, and great destruction from the land of the Caldeans,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
A piteous crye shalbe hearde from Babylon, and a great miserie from the lande of the Chaldees:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
A piteous crie shall be herde from Babilon, and a greate mysery from the londe of the Caldees:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
“A voice of a cry [is] from Babylon, "" And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean.

Young's Literal Translation
A voice of a cry is from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean.

Smith's Literal Translation
The voice of a cry from Babel, and a great breaking from the land of the Chaldeans:

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The noise of a cry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans :

Catholic Public Domain Version
A voice of outcry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
A sound of wailing from Babel, and great ruin from the land of the Chaldeans!

Lamsa Bible
A sound of wailing comes from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Hark! a cry from Babylon, And great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A sound of a cry in Babylon, and great destruction in the land of the Chaldeans:
















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