Jeremiah 50:24

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.

Complete Jewish Bible:

I set a trap and caught you, Bavel, before you knew it. You were discovered and seized, because you challenged ADONAI.

Berean Standard Bible:

I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.

American Standard Version:

I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against Jehovah.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

I have laid a snare{H3369} for thee, and thou art also taken{H3920}, O Babylon{H894}, and thou wast not aware{H3045}: thou art found{H4672}, and also caught{H8610}, because thou hast striven{H1624} against the LORD{H3068}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Job 9:4

  • [He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened [himself] against him, and hath prospered?

Daniel 5:30

  • ¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

Daniel 5:31

  • And Darius the Median took the kingdom, [being] about threescore and two years old.

Job 40:2

  • Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

Job 40:9

  • Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Jeremiah 51:8

  • Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

Jeremiah 51:57

  • And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise [men], her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name [is] the LORD of hosts.

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Commentary for Jeremiah 50:24

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H3369
    There are 8 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָקֹשׁ
    Transliteration: yâqôsh
    Pronunciation: yaw-koshe'
    Description: a primitive root; to ensnare (literally or figuratively); fowler (lay a) snare.
  2. Strong's Number: H3920
    There are 112 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לָכַד
    Transliteration: lâkad
    Pronunciation: law-kad'
    Description: a primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere; [idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
  3. Strong's Number: H894
    There are 233 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בָּבֶל
    Transliteration: Bâbel
    Pronunciation: baw-bel'
    Description: from בָּלַל; confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire; Babel, Babylon.
  4. Strong's Number: H3045
    There are 873 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָדַע
    Transliteration: yâdaʻ
    Pronunciation: yaw-dah'
    Description: a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.); acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.
  5. Strong's Number: H4672
    There are 425 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מָצָא
    Transliteration: mâtsâʼ
    Pronunciation: maw-tsaw'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present; [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
  6. Strong's Number: H8610
    There are 60 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: תָּפַשׂ
    Transliteration: tâphas
    Pronunciation: taw-fas'
    Description: a primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably; catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, [idiom] surely, surprise, take.
  7. Strong's Number: H1624
    There are 13 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גָּרָה
    Transliteration: gârâh
    Pronunciation: gaw-raw'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to grate, i.e. (figuratively) to anger; contend, meddle, stir up, strive.
  8. Strong's Number: H3068
    There are 5521 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יְהֹוָה
    Transliteration: Yᵉhôvâh
    Pronunciation: yeh-ho-vaw'
    Description: from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.