Jeremiah 51:26 — Compare Translations

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And [O Babylon] they shall not take your cracked stones for a cornerstone, or any stone for foundations, but you shall be waste and desolate forever, says the Lord.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And [O Babylon] they shall not take your cracked stones for a cornerstone, or any stone for foundations, but you shall be waste and desolate forever, says the Lord.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the Lord.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

No one will be able to retrieve a cornerstone or a foundation stone from you, because you will become desolate forever. This is the LORD’s declaration.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; for thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.

English EASY 2024

Nobody will be able to use any of your stones as a foundation for a new building. You will remain as empty as a desert for ever.’ That is what the Lord says.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

People will not take stones from Babylon to use as the foundation of a building. They will not find any stones big enough for cornerstones. Your city will be a pile of broken rocks forever." This is what the Lord said.

No stone shall be taken from you for a corner and no stone for a foundation, but you shall be a perpetual waste, declares the LORD.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

None of the stones from your ruins will ever be used again for building. You will be like a desert forever. I, the Lord, have spoken.

English God's Word - GW 1995

People won't find any stones in you to use as a cornerstone. They won't find any stones in you to use for a foundation. You will become permanent ruins," declares the Lord.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

No one will be able to retrieve a cornerstone or a foundation stone from you, because you will become desolate forever. [This is] the LORD's declaration.

English KJV 1611

And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.

English LSB

They will not take from you even a stone for a corner Nor a stone for foundations, But you will be a perpetual desolation,” declares Yahweh.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

They will not take of you a stone for a corner, or a stone for foundations, but you will be desolate forever, says the Lord.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"They will not take from you even a stone for a corner Nor a stone for foundations, But you will be desolate forever," declares the LORD.

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

They will not take from you a cornerstone, or a foundation stone; Ruins forever shall you be, says the LORD.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

No one will use any of your stones as a cornerstone. No one will use any of them in the foundation of his house. For you will lie desolate forever,” says the LORD.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

No rock will be taken from you to be used as the most important stone for a building. No stones will be taken from you to be used for a foundation. Your land will be empty forever," announces the Lord.

English NIV

No rock will be taken from you for a cornerstone, nor any stone for a foundation, for you will be desolate forever," declares the LORD.

English NKJ 1982

They shall not take from you a stone for a corner Nor a stone for a foundation, But you shall be desolate forever,” says the Lord.

English NLT

You will be desolate forever. Even your stones will never again be used for building. You will be completely wiped out," says the LORD.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

No stone shall be taken from you for a corner and no stone for a foundation, but you shall be a perpetual waste, says the LORD.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

I, Yahweh, declare: After I am through with you, people will not be able to find any among you to rebuild you, not one foundation stone or cornerstone. You will lie desolate forever.”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

No stone shall be taken from you for a corner and no stone for a foundation, but you shall be a perpetual waste, says the Lord.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

You shall be desolate forever; even your stones shall never be used for building again. You shall be completely wiped out.“

English Tyndale 1537

so that neither corner stones, nor pinnacles, nor foundation stones shall be taken any more out of thee, but waste and desolate shalt thou lie for evermore, sayeth the LORD.