JER 51:2 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραὴλ, ὑμεῖς ἑωράκατε πάντα τὰ κακὰ ἃ ἐπήγαγον ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις Ἰούδα· καὶ ἰδού εἰσιν ἔρημοι ἀπὸ ἐνοίκων
(Houtōs eipe Kurios ho Theos Israaʸl, humeis heōrakate panta ta kaka ha epaʸgagon epi Hierousalaʸm, kai epi tas poleis Youda; kai idou eisin eraʸmoi apo enoikōn )

BrTr Thus has the Lord God of Israel said; Ye have seen all the evils which I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon the cities of Juda; and, behold, they are desolate without inhabitants,

ULT I will send foreigners to Babylon. They will scatter her and devastate her land,
⇔ for they will come against her from all around on the day of disaster.

UST I will send a foreign army to come to get rid of Babylonia
⇔ like a strong wind that blows away chaff.
⇔ They will attack from every direction
⇔ on that day of disaster.

BSB I will send strangers to Babylon
⇔ to winnow her and empty her land;
⇔ for they will come against her from every side
⇔ in her day of disaster.

OEB I will send upon Babylon winnowers
⇔ Who shall winnow and empty her land :
⇔ Yea, woe shall beset her about
⇔ In the day of her disaster.

WEBBE I will send to Babylon strangers, who will winnow her.
⇔ They will empty her land;
⇔ for in the day of trouble they will be against her all around.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I will send people to winnow Babylonia like a wind blowing away chaff.
⇔ They will winnow her and strip her land bare.
⇔ This will happen when they come against her from every direction,
⇔ when it is time to destroy her.

LSV And I have sent fanners to Babylon,
And they have fanned her, and they empty her land,
For they have been against her,
All around—in the day of evil.

FBV I will send foreign soldiers to attack Babylon to winnow[fn] her and turn her country into a wasteland—they will attack her from all directions when her time of trouble comes.

51:2 “Winnowing” is the process by which grain is thrown into the air to that the wind can blow away the chaff.

T4T I will send a foreign army to come to get rid of Babylonia
⇔ like a strong wind that blows away chaff.
⇔ They will attack from every direction
⇔ on that day of disaster.

LEB • and they will winnow her, • and they will lay waste her land, • for they will be against her from all sides on the day of disaster.

BBE And I will send men to Babylon to make her clean and get her land cleared: for in the day of trouble they will put up their tents against her on every side.

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JPS And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall fan her, and they shall empty her land; for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

ASV And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall winnow her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

DRA And I will send to Babylon fanners, and they shall fan her, and shall destroy her land: for they are come upon her on every side in the day of her affliction.

YLT And I have sent to Babylon fanners, And they have fanned it, and they empty its land, For they have been against it, Round about — in the day of evil.

Drby and I will send unto Babylon strangers, who shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

RV And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall fan her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

Wbstr And will send to Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her on all sides.

KJB-1769 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

KJB-1611 And will send vnto Babylon fanners, that shall fanne her, and shall emptie her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
(And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fanne her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.)

Bshps I wyll sende also into Babylon fanners to fanne her out, and to destroy her lande: for in the day of her trouble they shalbe about her on euery syde.
(I will send also into Babylon fanners to fanne her out, and to destroy her land: for in the day of her trouble they shall be about her on every side.)

Gnva And wil send vnto Babel fanners that shall fanne her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shalbe against her on euery side.
(And will send unto Babel fanners that shall fanne her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her on every side. )

Cvdl I wil sende also in to Babilo fanners, to fanne her out, & to destroye hir londe: for in the daye of hir trouble they shalbe aboute her on euery syde.
(I will send also in to Babilo fanners, to fanne her out, and to destroy her londe: for in the day of her trouble they shall be about her on every side.)

Wycl And Y schal sende in to Babiloyne wyndeweris, and thei schulen wyndewe it, and thei schulen destrie the lond of it; for thei camen on it on ech side, in the dai of the turment therof.
(And I shall send in to Babiloyne wyndeweris, and they should wyndewe it, and they should destroy the land of it; for they came on it on each side, in the day of the torment thereof.)

Luth Ich will auch Worfler gen Babel schicken, die sie worfeln sollen und ihr Land ausfegen, die allenthalben um sie sein werden am Tage ihres Unglücks.
(I will also Worfler to/toward Babel schicken, the they/she/them worfeln should and you/their/her Land ausfegen, the allenthalben around/by/for they/she/them his become in/at/on_the days ihres Unglücks.)

ClVg et mittam in Babylonem ventilatores, et ventilabunt eam et demolientur terram ejus, quoniam venerunt super eam undique in die afflictionis ejus.
(and mittam in Babylonem ventilatores, and ventilabunt her and demolientur the_earth/land his, quoniam venerunt over her undique in day afflictionis his. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) scatter her and devastate her land … they will come against her

(Some words not found in UHB: and,send to,Babylon foreigners and,winnow,her and,devastate DOM land,her that/for/because/then/when they_were on/upon=it(f) on,every_side in/on=day disaster )

The word “her” is a metaphor that refers to Babylon as if it were a woman Alternate translation: “separate the people who live there from each other, send them in different directions, and make their land empty … foreigners will attack the people of Babylon”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) on the day of disaster

(Some words not found in UHB: and,send to,Babylon foreigners and,winnow,her and,devastate DOM land,her that/for/because/then/when they_were on/upon=it(f) on,every_side in/on=day disaster )

The phrase “day of” is a Hebrew idiom for “when.” Alternate translation: “when I destroy Babylon”

Parallel JER 51:2