31One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,


In Context

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 declined to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might has failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwelling places; her bars are broken.

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 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 said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.

Jeremiah 51:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

51:31One 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,

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

51:31One courier follows another and messenger follows messenger to announce to the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

51:31One running post shall meet another, and messenger shall meet messenger: to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken from one end to the other:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

51:31One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to met another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:31Courier runneth to meet courier, and messenger to meet messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city is taken from end to end;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

51:31One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:31One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:31One 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:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

51:31Runner 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.