Jeremiah 51:29
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And the land is shaking and in pain: for the purposes of the Lord are fixed, to make the land of Babylon an unpeopled waste.
Webster's Revision
And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
World English Bible
The land trembles and is in pain; for the purposes of Yahweh against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And the land trembleth and is in pain: for the purposes of the LORD against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
Definitions for Jeremiah 51:29
Clarke's Jeremiah 51:29 Bible Commentary
And the land shall tremble - It is represented here as trembling under the numerous armies that are passing over it, and the prancing of their horses.
Barnes's Jeremiah 51:29 Bible Commentary
The literal translation is:
Then the earth quaked and writhed;
For the thoughts of Yahweh against
Babel have stood fast;
To make Babel a waste without inhabitant.
Wesley's Jeremiah 51:29 Bible Commentary
51:29 The land - Babylon, or the land of Chaldea.