Jeremiah 51:31

One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.

BSB · Berean Standard Bible

One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,

KJV · King James Version

One runner will run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter.

WEB · World English Bible

One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

ASV · American Standard Version

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Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

post: Jeremiah 4:20; Jeremiah 50:24; 1 Samuel 4:12–18; 2 Samuel 18:19–31; 2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 3:13–15; Esther 8:10, 14; Job 9:25
to shew: Jeremiah 50:43; Isaiah 21:3–9; Isaiah 47:11–13; Daniel 5:2–5, 30