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Jeremiah 51:8
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KJ21
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: Howl for her! Take balm for her pain; if so be she may be healed.
ASV
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
AMP
Babylon has suddenly fallen and is shattered! Wail for her [if you care to]! Get balm for her [incurable] pain; Perhaps she may be healed.
AMPC
Babylon has suddenly fallen and is shattered (destroyed)! Wail for her [if you care to]! Get balm for her [incurable] pain; if [you do] so she may [possibly] be healed!
BRG
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
CSB
Suddenly Babylon fell and was shattered. Wail for her; get balm for her wound— perhaps she can be healed.
CSBA
Suddenly Babylon fell and was shattered. Wail for her; get balm for her wound – perhaps she can be healed.
CEB
But suddenly Babylon fell and shattered into pieces. Wail for her! Bring medicine for her pain; perhaps she will recover.
CJB
Bavel has suddenly fallen. She is broken; wail for her. Bring healing ointment for her wounds; perhaps she can be healed.
CEV
But suddenly, Babylon will fall and be destroyed. I, the Lord, told the foreigners who lived there, “Weep for the city! Get medicine for its wounds; maybe they will heal.”
DARBY
Babylon is suddenly fallen and ruined. Howl over her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
DRA
Babylon is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howl for her, take balm for her pain, if so she may be healed.
ERV
But Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Cry for her! Get medicine for her pain, and maybe she can be healed.
EASY
But now Babylon will quickly fall. An enemy will destroy it, so weep for it! Find some medicine that will make its wounds better. Perhaps it will become well again.
EHV
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and is broken. Wail for her. Take balm to her for her pain. Perhaps she can be healed.
ESV
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she may be healed.
ESVUK
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she may be healed.
EXB
Babylon has suddenly fallen and been broken. ·Cry [Wail] for her! Get balm [8:22; 46:11] for her pain, and maybe she can be healed.
GNV
Babel is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howl for her, bring balm for her sore, if she may be healed.
GW
Babylon will suddenly fall and be shattered. Cry for it. Bring medicine for its pain. Maybe it can be healed.
GNT
Babylonia has suddenly fallen and is destroyed! Mourn over it! Get medicine for its wounds, and maybe it can be healed.
HCSB
Suddenly Babylon fell and was shattered. Wail for her; get balm for her wound— perhaps she can be healed.
ICB
Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Cry for her! Get balm for her pain. Maybe she can be healed.
ISV
Suddenly, Babylon fell down and was shattered. Wail for her! Bring balm for her wound, perhaps she will be healed.
JUB
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed; howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
KJV
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
AKJV
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
LSB
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; Wail over her! Take balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed.
LEB
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and she is shattered. Wail over her! Take balm for her wounds, perhaps she may be healed.
TLB
But now, suddenly Babylon too has fallen. Weep for her; give her medicine; perhaps she can yet be healed.
MSG
“Get out of Babylon as fast as you can. Run for your lives! Save your necks! Don’t linger and lose your lives to my vengeance on her as I pay her back for her sins. Babylon was a fancy gold chalice held in my hand, Filled with the wine of my anger to make the whole world drunk. The nations drank the wine and they’ve all gone crazy. Babylon herself will stagger and crash, senseless in a drunken stupor—tragic! Get anointing balm for her wound. Maybe she can be cured.” * * *
MEV
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed. Howl for her. Take balm for her pain; perhaps she may be healed.
NOG
Babylon will suddenly fall and be shattered. Cry for it. Bring medicine for its pain. Maybe it can be healed.
NABRE
Babylon suddenly falls and is broken: wail over her! Bring balm for her wounds, in case she can be healed.
NASB
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; Wail over her! Bring balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed.
NASB1995
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; Wail over her! Bring balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed.
NCB
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and is shattered. Wail for her. Fetch balm for her wounds; perhaps she can be cured.
NCV
Babylon has suddenly fallen and been broken. Cry for her! Get balm for her pain, and maybe she can be healed.
NET
But suddenly Babylonia will fall and be destroyed. Cry out in mourning over it! Get medicine for her wounds; perhaps she can be healed!
NIRV
Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Weep for it! Get healing lotion for its pain. Perhaps it can be healed.
NIV
Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Wail over her! Get balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
NIVUK
Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Wail over her! Get balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
NKJV
Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed. Wail for her! Take balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed.
NLV
All at once Babylon has fallen and been broken. Cry over her with a loud voice. Bring healing oil for her pain. It may be that she will be healed.
NLT
But suddenly Babylon, too, has fallen. Weep for her. Give her medicine. Perhaps she can yet be healed.
NRSVA
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and is shattered; wail for her! Bring balm for her wound; perhaps she may be healed.
NRSVACE
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and is shattered; wail for her! Bring balm for her wound; perhaps she may be healed.
NRSVCE
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and is shattered; wail for her! Bring balm for her wound; perhaps she may be healed.
NRSVUE
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and is shattered; wail for her! Bring balm for her wound; perhaps she may be healed.
OJB
Bavel is suddenly fallen and broken; wail for her; take balm for her pain, perhaps she may be healed.
RGT
Babel has suddenly fallen and been destroyed. Howl for her! Bring balm for her sore, if she may be healed.
RSV
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she may be healed.
RSVCE
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she may be healed.
TLV
Suddenly Babylon is fallen! Shattered! Howl over her! Bring balm for her wound. Perhaps she may be healed?
VOICE
But now Babylon—cup of God’s wrath—has fallen and shattered. Weep for her, if you can! Give her something for her pain; perhaps she may still be healed.
WEB
Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed! Wail for her! Take balm for her pain. Perhaps she may be healed.
WYC
Babylon fell down suddenly, and is all-broken; yell ye on it, take ye resin to the sorrow thereof, if peradventure it be healed. (Babylon fell down suddenly, and was broken in pieces; yell ye over it, get ye resin for its wound, if perhaps it can be healed.)
YLT
Suddenly hath Babylon fallen, Yea, it is broken, howl ye for it, Take balm for her pain, if so be it may be healed.
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