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ULT Arrange yourselves against Babylon all around her. Everyone who bends a bow must shoot at her.
⇔ Do not keep back any of your arrows, for she has sinned against Yahweh.

UST All you nations that surround Babylon,
⇔ prepare to attack it!
⇔ Tell your archers to shoot at their enemies;
⇔ shoot all of your arrows at them and do not hold back,
⇔ because the people of Babylon have sinned against me, Yahweh.

BSB Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
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OEB Set your array round Babylon,
⇔ All ye that bend the bow;
⇔ Shoot your arrows at her without stint,
⇔ She hath sinned against Jehovah.

WEBBE Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around,
⇔ all you who bend the bow;
⇔ shoot at her.
⇔ Spare no arrows,
⇔ for she has sinned against the LORD.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “Take up your battle positions all around Babylon,
⇔ all you soldiers who are armed with bows.
⇔ Shoot all your arrows at her! Do not hold any back!
⇔ For she has sinned against the Lord.

LSV Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around,
All you treading a bow,
Shoot at her, have no pity on the arrow,
For she has sinned against YHWH.

FBV All you archers, line up ready for battle around Babylon. Shoot at her! Don't save your arrows, because she has sinned against the Lord.

T4T ⇔ All you nations that surround Babylon,
⇔ prepare to attack it!
⇔ Tell your archers to shoot at their enemies;
⇔ shoot all of your arrows at them [LIT],
⇔ because the people/leaders of Babylon have sinned against me, Yahweh.

LEB No LEB JER book available

BBE Put your armies in position against Babylon on every side, all you bowmen; let loose your arrows at her, not keeping any back: for she has done evil against the Lord.

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows; for she hath sinned against the LORD.

ASV Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against Jehovah.

DRA Prepare yourselves against Babylon round about, all you that bend the bow: fight against her, spare not arrows: because she hath sinned against the Lord.

YLT Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, All ye treading a bow, Shoot at her, have no pity on the arrow, For against Jehovah she hath sinned.

Drby Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against Jehovah.

RV Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
(Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye/you_all that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath/has sinned against the LORD. )

SLT Arrange yourselves against Babel round about: all ye bending the bow, cast at her, ye shall not spare to the arrow, for she sinned against Jehovah.

Wbstr Put yourselves in array against Babylon on every side: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.

KJB-1769 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
(Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye/you_all that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath/has sinned against the LORD. )

KJB-1611 Put your selues in aray against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her; spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps JER book available

Gnva Put your selues in aray against Babel rounde about: all ye that bende the bowe, shoote at her, spare no arrowes: for shee hath sinned against the Lord.
(Put yourselves in array against Babel round about: all ye/you_all that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath/has sinned against the Lord. )

Cvdl No Cvdl JER book available

Wycl No Wycl JER book available

Luth No Luth JER book available

ClVg Præparamini contra Babylonem per circuitum, omnes qui tenditis arcum: debellate eam, non parcatis jaculis, quia Domino peccavit.
(Preparemini on_the_contrary Babylonem through surroundings, everyone who tenditis bow(n): debellate her, not/no spareis yaculis, because Master he_sinned. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JER book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

Yahweh tells the other nations to attack Babylon.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) Arrange yourselves against Babylon

(Some words not found in UHB: take_up_~_positions on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Bāⱱel all_around all/each/any/every bend_of bow shoot to=her/it not spare to/towards arrows that/for/because/then/when to/for=YHWH sinned )

Yahweh is speaking to the enemies of Babylon. Alternate translation: “You enemies of Babylon arrange yourselves against her”

(Occurrence 0) Arrange yourselves

Alternate translation: “Line up in military formation” or “Form battle lines”

(Occurrence 0) Everyone who bends a bow

This refers to the soldiers who use bows and arrows to fight.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

(Occurrence 0) shoot at her

Jeremiah speaks of the people who live in the city of Babylon as if they were the city itself, and he speaks of the city as if it were a woman. Alternate translation: “shoot at the people in the city”

(Occurrence 0) Do not keep back any of your arrows

This emphasizes that they should shoot all their arrows. Alternate translation: “Shoot every one of your arrows at her”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

(Occurrence 0) she has sinned

Jeremiah speaks of the people who live in the city of Babylon as if they were the city itself. Alternate translation: “the people of the city”

Parallel JER 50:14

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