Jeremiah Chapter 51 verse 13 Holy Bible

ASV Jeremiah 51:13

O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness.
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BBE Jeremiah 51:13

O you whose living-place is by the wide waters, whose stores are great, your end is come, your evil profit is ended.
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DARBY Jeremiah 51:13

Thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy rapacity.
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KJV Jeremiah 51:13

O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
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WEB Jeremiah 51:13

You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end is come, the measure of your covetousness.
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YLT Jeremiah 51:13

O dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, Come in hath thine end, the measure of thy dishonest gain.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - Babylon is addressed as thou that dwellest upon many waters, with reference, not only to the Euphrates, but to the canals, dykes, and marshes which surrounded the city. The measure of thy covetousness. A strange expression, even when we have supplied (and have we a right to do so?) a suitable verb, such as "is full." "Measure" is, literally, ell, "covetousness" should rather be gain, or spoil. Another possible rendering is, "The ell measure of thy cutting off." In fact, the root meaning of the word rendered "gain," or "covetousness," is "to cut off;" and the figure of cutting off a man's half-finished life, like a web from the loom, is familiar to us from the psalm of Hezekiah (Isaiah 38:12; comp. Job 6:9).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) O thou that dwellest upon many waters.--The words find an illustration of singular interest in an inscription of Nebuchadnezzar's given by Oppert (Exped. en Mesop. i. p. 231): "I made water to flow all around in this immense dyke of earth. I carried an aqueduct across these great waters that are like unto the depths of the sea." See also Records of the Past, v. 128. The channels which were cut for the waters of the Euphrates seemed at once intended for a line of defence against attack, and for irrigation and navigation. To some extent Babylon, though an inland city, must have presented an appearance like that of Venice or Amsterdam.The measure of thy covetousness.--The measure is literally "an ell," and for "covetousness" many commentators give the meaning of "that which is cut off," a "piece" or "section." So taken, we may translate the ell-measure of thy portion, the allotted time of prosperity decreed in the Divine counsels. Others, following the Vulgate, "pedalis precisionis tu?," give "the ell-measure of thy cutting off," i.e., the appointed time of destruction.