Jeremiah 51:55 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

because the Lord hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For the Lord is destroying Babylon and laying her waste and stilling her great voice [the hum of the city's life]. And the waves [of her conquerors] roar like great waters, the noise of their voices is raised up [like the tramping of an army].

American Standard Version (1901)

For Jehovah layeth Babylon waste, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:

Common English Bible

The LORD is destroying Babylon and silencing her outcry, whose roar is like the crushing waves, a deafening crash.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For the Lord has despoiled Babylon, and he has perished the great voice from her. And their wave will make a sound like many waters. Their voice has uttered a noise.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Because the Lord hath laid Babylon waste and destroyed out of her the great voice. And their wave shall roar like many waters: their voice hath made a noise.

Jeremiah 51:55 Cross References

Psalm 124:2

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

Psalm 124:4

then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

Psalm 18:4

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

Psalm 65:7

which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

Psalm 69:2

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

Isaiah 15:1

The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence:

Isaiah 17:13

The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

Isaiah 47:5

Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chalde´ans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

Jeremiah 25:10

Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.

Jeremiah 51:42

The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

Ezekiel 26:3

therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.

Luke 21:25

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

Revelation 17:15

And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.