Jeremiah 51:31 - The Scriptures 1998

³¹ One runner runs to meet another, and one reporter to meet another, to report to the sovereign of Baḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ 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 side and to its farthest end,

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ 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:

Common English Bible

³¹ Courier joins courier, messenger joins messenger to relate the news to the king of Babylon that his entire city has fallen.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ Runner will go forth to meet runner, and messenger will meet messenger, so as to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been captured, from one end to the other,

Jeremiah 51:31 Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:6

And the runners went to all Yisra’ĕ

Esther 8:10

And he wrote in the name of Sovereign Aḥ

Esther 8:14

The runners, riding on royal horses, went out, hastened and pressed on by the sovereign’s command. And the decree was given out in the citadel of Shushan.

Job 9:25

My days have become swifter than a runner – they have fled, they have not seen good.

Jeremiah 4:20

Destruction upon destruction is cried, for all the land is ravaged. Suddenly my tents are ravaged – my curtains in a moment.

Jeremiah 50:2

“Declare among the nations, and let it be heard. And lift up a banner, let it be heard, and do not conceal it. Say, ‘Baḇ

Jeremiah 50:24

“I have laid a snare for you, and you were captured, O Baḇ

Jeremiah 50:43

“The sovereign of Baḇ

Jeremiah 51:32

and the fords have been captured, and they have burned the reeds with fire, and the soldiers are startled.

Daniel 5:30

In that night Bĕ