Jeremiah 51:31

Babylon’s Punishment

30The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken. 31One 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. 32The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”

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Berean Standard Bible
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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:
Bible in Basic English
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:
Douay-Rheims 1899
One running post shall meet another, and messenger shall meet messenger: to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken from one end to the other:
Free Bible Version
A runner hands his message over to another to carry; one messenger follows another messenger, all of them alerting the king of Babylon to the news that his city has been completely conquered,
Geneva Bible 1599
A post shall runne to meete the post, and a messenger to meete the messenger, to shew the King of Babel, that his citie is taken on a side thereof,
King James (Authorized) Version
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,
Translation for Translators
Messengers will go quickly, one after another, to tell the king that his city has been captured.
Unlocked Literal Bible
A messenger runs to proclaim to another messenger, and a runner tells another runner to report to the king of Babylon that his city has been taken from end to end.
Noah Webster 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 at one end,
World English Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
Runner to meet runner doth run, And announcer to meet announcer, To announce to the king of Babylon, For, captured hath been his city — at the extremity.