Jeremiah 51:31

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.

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WEBBE

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.

BSB

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.

KJV

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,

ASV

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:

BBE

One man, running, will give word to another, and one who goes with news will be handing it on to another, to give word to the king of Babylon that his town has been taken from every quarter:

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רָץ ratz a runner H7323 לִקְרַאת־ lik·rat- to meet H7122 רָץ ratz a runner H7323 יָרוּץ ya·rutz he will run H7323 וּמַגִּיד u·ma·gid and a messenger H5046 לִקְרַאת lik·rat to meet H7122 מַגִּיד ma·gid a messenger H5046 לְהַגִּיד le·ha·gid to tell H5046 לְמֶלֶךְ le·me·lekh to [the] king of H4428 בָּבֶל ba·vel Babylon H894 כִּי־ ki- that H3588 נִלְכְּדָה nil·ke·dah it has been captured H3920 עִירוֹ i·ro city his H5892 מִקָּצֶה mi·ka·tzeh from [the] end H7097

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Babylon

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.