Jeremiah Chapter 51 verse 42 Holy Bible

ASV Jeremiah 51:42

The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
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BBE Jeremiah 51:42

The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered with the mass of its waves.
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DARBY Jeremiah 51:42

The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
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KJV Jeremiah 51:42

The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
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WBT Jeremiah 51:42


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WEB Jeremiah 51:42

The sea is come up on Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves of it.
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YLT Jeremiah 51:42

Come up against Babylon hath the sea, With a multitude of its billows it hath been covered.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 42. - The sea is come up, etc. It is not clear whether this is to be taken literally or metaphorically (of the sea of nations, comp. ver. 55). Probably it is meant literally. It is said that the annual inundations of the Euphrates at present render many parts of the ruins of Babylon inaccessible.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(42) The sea is come up upon Babylon . . .--The literal explanation of the words as referring to the foundation of the Euphrates adopted by some commentators is clearly inadmissible, and is at variance with the next verse. The prophet falls back on an image which he had used before (Jeremiah 46:7), and which had become familiar through Isaiah (Isaiah 8:7-8; Isaiah 17:12), and speaks of Babylon as covered with the great sea of nations that were sweeping over her.