Jeremiah 50:40 — Compare Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

As overthrown by God with Sodom, And with Gomorrah, and with its neighbours, An affirmation of Jehovah, none doth dwell there, Nor sojourn in her doth a son of man.

English ASV

As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.

English Amplified

As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, says the Lord, so no man shall dwell there; neither shall any son of man live there temporarily. [Jer. 49:18.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, says the Lord, so no man shall dwell there; neither shall any son of man live there temporarily. [Jer. 49:18.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the Lord, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Just as God demolished Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns  — this is the LORD’s declaration — so no one will live there; no human being will stay in it even temporarily as a temporary resident.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and their neighbour cities, saith Jehovah, no one shall dwell there, neither shall a son of man sojourn therein.

English EASY 2024

Babylonia will become a heap of stones where nobody lives. The same thing happened to Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns near to them. Nobody will live there any more.’ That is what the Lord says.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

God completely destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns around them. In the same way no one will live in Babylon, and no one will ever go to live there.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the LORD, so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The same thing will happen to Babylon that happened to Sodom and Gomorrah, when I destroyed them and the nearby towns. No one will ever live there again. I, the Lord, have spoken.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Babylon will be like Sodom, Gomorrah, and their neighboring cities when I, God, destroyed them. No one will live there. No human will stay there," declares the Lord.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Just as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns-- [this is] the LORD's declaration-- so no one will live there; no human being will even stay in it as a resident alien.

English KJV 1611

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

English LSB

As when God overthrew Sodom And Gomorrah with its neighbors,” declares Yahweh, “No man will live there, Nor will any son of man sojourn in it.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring cities, says the Lord, so no man will abide there, nor will any son of man dwell in it.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"As when God overthrew Sodom And Gomorrah with its neighbors," declares the LORD, "No man will live there, Nor will any son of man reside in it.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

As when God overturned Sodom and Gomorrah, with their neighbors, says the LORD, Not a man shall dwell there, no human being shall tarry there.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

I will destroy Babylonia just like I did Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it,” says the LORD.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. I also destroyed the towns that were near them," announces the Lord. "Babylonia will be just like them. No one will live there. No one will stay there even for a short time.

English NIV

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighboring towns," declares the LORD, "so no one will live there; no man will dwell in it.

English NKJ 1982

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah And their neighbors,” says the Lord, “ So no one shall reside there, Nor son of man dwell in it.

English NLT

I will destroy it just as I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns," says the LORD. "No one will live there anymore.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors, says the LORD, so no one shall live there, nor shall anyone settle in her.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

As Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns were destroyed and left uninhabited, not one person will ever settle in Babylon again, for I, Yahweh, have spoken.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbor cities, says the Lord, so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

The Lord declares that he will destroy Babylon just as he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns. No one has lived in them since, and no one will live again in Babylon.

English Tyndale 1537

Like as God destroyed Sodome and Gomorre, with the cities that lay there about, sayeth the LORD: So shall no man dwell there also, neither shall any man have there his habitation.