Jeremiah 51:37 — Compare Translations

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And Babylon shall become heaps [of ruins], a dwelling place of jackals, a horror (an astonishing desolation) and a hissing [of amazement], without inhabitant.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And Babylon shall become heaps [of ruins], a dwelling place of jackals, a horror (an astonishing desolation) and a hissing [of amazement], without inhabitant.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a jackals’ den, a desolation and an object of scorn, without inhabitant.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.

English EASY 2024

Babylon will become a heap of stones. Wild animals will live there. People will see that it is a disgusting place, and they will laugh at it. Nobody will live there.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Babylon will become a pile of ruined buildings, a place fit only for wild dogs. People will be shocked and shake their heads at what is left there. It will be a place where no one lives.

and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, the haunt of jackals, a horror and a hissing, without inhabitant.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

That country will become a pile of ruins where wild animals live. It will be a horrible sight; no one will live there, and all who see it will be terrified.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Babylon will become piles of rubble. It will become a dwelling place for jackals, something horrible, and an object of contempt, where no one lives.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a jackals' den, a desolation and an object of scorn, without inhabitant.

English KJV 1611

And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

English LSB

Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Babylon will become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without an inhabitant.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.

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

Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals; A place of horror and ridicule, where no one lives.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Babylon will become a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. It will become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, a place where no one lives.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Babylon will have all of its buildings knocked down. It will be a home for wild dogs. No one will live there. People will be shocked at it. They will make fun of it.

English NIV

Babylon will be a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and scorn, a place where no one lives.

English NKJ 1982

Babylon shall become a heap, A dwelling place for jackals, An astonishment and a hissing, Without an inhabitant.

English NLT

and Babylon will become a heap of rubble, haunted by jackals. It will be an object of horror and contempt, without a single person living there.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, a den of jackals, an object of horror and of hissing, without inhabitant.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Babylon will be reduced to a pile of ruins, the haunt of jackals, a thing of horror and scorn, a place where no one lives.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, the haunt of jackals, a horror and a hissing, without inhabitant.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, haunted by jackals, a land horrible to see, incredible, without a living soul.

English Tyndale 1537

Babylon shall become an heap of stones a dwelling place for dragons, a fearfulness and wondering, because no man dwelleth there.