Jeremiah 51:42

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

Complete Jewish Bible:

The sea has flooded Bavel, overwhelmed her with its raging waves.

Berean Standard Bible:

The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.

American Standard Version:

The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

The sea{H3220} is come up{H5927} upon Babylon{H894}: she is covered{H3680} with the multitude{H1995} of the waves{H1530} thereof.

Cross-References (KJV):

Isaiah 8:7

  • Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

Isaiah 8:8

  • And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach [even] to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

Daniel 9:26

  • And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof [shall be] with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

Ezekiel 27:26

  • ¶ Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

Ezekiel 27:34

  • In the time [when] thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.

Psalms 65:7

  • Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

Psalms 18:4

  • The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

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Commentary for Jeremiah 51:42

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

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

  1. Strong's Number: H3220
    There are 339 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָם
    Transliteration: yâm
    Pronunciation: yawm
    Description: from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south; sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
  2. Strong's Number: H5927
    There are 817 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עָלָה
    Transliteration: ʻâlâh
    Pronunciation: aw-law'
    Description: a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
  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: H3680
    There are 149 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: כָּסָה
    Transliteration: kâçâh
    Pronunciation: kaw-saw'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy); clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare כָּשָׂה.
  5. Strong's Number: H1995
    There are 78 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: הָמוֹן
    Transliteration: hâmôwn
    Pronunciation: haw-mone'
    Description: or הָמֹן; (Ezekiel 5:7), from הָמָה; a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth; abundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult.
  6. Strong's Number: H1530
    There are 32 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גַּל
    Transliteration: gal
    Pronunciation: gal
    Description: from גָּלַל; something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves); billow, heap, spring, wave.