Verse List for JER 51:8

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OET (OET-RV) Suddenly Babylon will fall and be destroyed. ⇔ Wail for it—give it medicine for its pain—perhaps it can be healed?

OET-LV Suddenly Bāⱱel it _will _fall and_it _was _broken wail on/upon_it(f) get balm for_pain _of_its perhaps it _will _be _healed.

ULT Babylon will fall suddenly and be destroyed. ⇔ Wail for her! Give her medicine for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.

UST But suddenly Babylon will be conquered. ⇔  Weep for its people! ⇔ Give them medicine for their wounds; ⇔  perhaps they can be healed.”

BSB & MSB Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. ⇔  Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; ⇔  perhaps she can be healed.

OEB No OEB JER book available

WEBBE & WMBB Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed! ⇔  Wail for her! ⇔ Take balm for her pain. ⇔  Perhaps she may be healed.

NET But suddenly Babylonia will fall and be destroyed. ⇔ Cry out in mourning over it! ⇔ Get medicine for her wounds! ⇔ Perhaps she can be healed!

LSV Babylon has suddenly fallen,
Indeed, she is broken, howl for her,
Take balm for her pain, perhaps she may be healed.

FBV Now, all of a sudden, Babylon has fallen. She has been smashed to pieces. Weep for her; get her some treatment for her pain. Maybe she can be healed.

T4T But suddenly Babylon will be conquered. ⇔  You foreigners who live in Babylon, weep for its people. ⇔ Give them medicine for their wounds; ⇔  perhaps they can be healed.”

LEB • Suddenly Babylon has fallen and she is shattered.
• Wail over her!
• Take balm for her wounds,
• perhaps she may be healed.

BBE Sudden is the downfall of Babylon and her destruction: make cries of grief for her; take sweet oil for her pain, if it is possible for her to be made well.

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed, wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

ASV Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

DRA Babylon is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howl for her, take balm for her pain, if so she may be healed.

YLT Suddenly hath Babylon fallen, Yea, it is broken, howl ye for it, Take balm for her pain, if so be it may be healed.

Drby Babylon is suddenly fallen and ruined. Howl over her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

RV Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

SLT Babylon fell suddenly, and she will be broken: wail ye for her; take balsam for her pain, perhaps she will be healed.

Wbstr Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, it may be she may be healed.

KJB-1769 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

KJB-1611 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howle for her, take balme for her paine, if so be she may be healed.
(Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her, take balm/ointment for her pain, if so be she may be healed.)

Bshps But sodaynly is Babylon fallen and destroyed: mourne for her, bryng plasters for her woundes, yf she may peraduenture be healed agayne.
(But sodaynly is Babylon fallen and destroyed: mourn for her, bring plasters for her wounds, if she may peradventure/perhaps be healed again.)

Gnva Babel is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howle for her, bring balme for her sore, if she may be healed.
(Babel is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howl for her, bring balm/ointment for her sore, if she may be healed.)

Cvdl But sodenly is Babilon fallen, and destroyed. Mourne for her, brynge plasters for hir woundes, yf she maye peraduenture be healed agayne.
(But suddenly is Babylon fallen, and destroyed. Mourn for her, bring plasters for her wounds, if she may peradventure/perhaps be healed again.)

Wycl Babiloyne felle doun sudenli, and is al to-brokun; yelle ye on it, take ye recyn to the sorewe therof, if perauenture it be heelid.
(Babylon fell down suddenly, and is all to-brokun; yell ye/you_all on it, take ye/you_all recyn to the sorrow thereof, if peradventure/perhaps it be healed.)

Luth Wie plötzlich ist Babel gefallen und zerschmettert! Heulet über sie; nehmet auch Salben zu ihren Wunden, ob sie vielleicht möchte heil werden.
(How suddenly is Babel fallen and shattered! Cry/Wailt above they/she/them; take also ointment to/for your(pl) wounds, if/whether they/she/them perhaps want unhurt/intact become.)

ClVg Subito cecidit Babylon, et contrita est. Ululate super eam: tollite resinam ad dolorem ejus, si forte sanetur.[fn]
(Subito fell Babylon, and broken it_is. Ululate over her: take_away resin to pain his/her, when/but_if perhaps sanetur.)

UHB פִּתְאֹ֛ם נָפְלָ֥ה בָבֶ֖ל וַ⁠תִּשָּׁבֵ֑ר הֵילִ֣ילוּ עָלֶ֗י⁠הָ קְח֤וּ צֳרִי֙ לְ⁠מַכְאוֹבָ֔⁠הּ אוּלַ֖י תֵּרָפֵֽא׃ ‡

BrLXX παραπικράναι με ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν, θυμιᾷν θεοῖς ἑτέροις ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, εἰς ἣν ἤλθετε κατοικεῖν ἐκεῖ, ἵνα κοπῆτε, καὶ ἵνα γένησθε εἰς κατάραν καὶ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσι τῆς γῆς;

BrTr by provoking me with the works of your hands, to burn incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, into which ye entered to dwell there, that ye might be cut off, and that ye might become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?