KJV King James Version
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at [one] end,
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Jeremiah 51:31
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at [one] end,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.
WEB World English Bible
One runner will run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:
ASV American Standard Version
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Runner to meet runner doth run, And announcer to meet announcer, To announce to the king of Babylon, For, captured hath been his city—at the extremity.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 51
28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
29 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.
30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in [their] holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at [one] end,
32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon [is] like a threshingfloor, [it is] time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
רָ֤ץH7323 · rutsto run: runלִקְרַאת־H7122 · qa.rato encounter: meetרָץ֙H7323 · rutsto run: runיָר֔וּץH7323 · rutsto run: runוּמַגִּ֖ידH5046 · na.gadto tellלִקְרַ֣אתH7122 · qa.rato encounter: meetמַגִּ֑ידH5046 · na.gadto tellלְהַגִּיד֙H5046 · na.gadto tellלְמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingבָּבֶ֔לH894 · ba.velBabylonכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforנִלְכְּדָ֥הH3920 · la.khadto captureעִיר֖וֹH5892 · irexcitementמִקָּצֶֽה׃H7097 · qa.tsehend
Cross-references
2 Samuel 18:19-31Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.2 Chronicles 30:6So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.1 Samuel 4:12-18And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.Job 9:25Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.Esther 8:10And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed [it] with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, [and] riders on mules, camels, [and] young dromedaries:Jeremiah 50:24I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.Isaiah 47:11-13Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, [which] thou shalt not know.Daniel 5:30In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.Daniel 5:2-5Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which [was] in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.Isaiah 21:3-9Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing [of it]; I was dismayed at the seeing [of it].Jeremiah 4:20Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, [and] my curtains in a moment.Esther 8:14[So] the posts that rode upon mules [and] camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.Esther 3:13-15And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, [even] upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which [is] the month Adar, and [to take] the spoil of them for a prey.Jeremiah 50:43The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.
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