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Jeremiah 51:28

NETBible	Prepare the nations to do battle against her.¹ Prepare the kings of the Medes. Prepare their governors and all their leaders.² Prepare all the countries they rule to do battle against her.³
NIV © biblegateway Jer 51:28	Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the countries they rule.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 51:28	Consecrate the nations against her, The kings of the Medes, Their governors and all their prefects, And every land of their dominion.
NLT © biblegateway Jer 51:28	Bring against her the armies of the kings of the Medes and their generals, and the armies of all the countries they rule.
MSG © biblegateway Jer 51:28	Consecrate the nations for holy work against her--the king of the Medes, his leaders and people.
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 51:28	Make the nations ready for war against her, the king of the Medes and his rulers and all his captains, and all the land under his rule.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 51:28	Prepare the nations for war against her, the kings of the Medes, with their governors and deputies, and every land under their dominion.
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 51:28	Prepare against her the nations, With the kings of the Medes, Its governors and all its rulers, All the land of his dominion.
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KJV	Prepare <06942> (8761) against her the nations <01471> with the kings <04428> of the Medes <04074>_, the captains <06346> thereof, and all the rulers <05461> thereof, and all the land <0776> of his dominion <04475>_.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 51:28	Consecrate <06942> the nations <01471> against <05921> her, The kings <04428> of the Medes <04074> , Their governors <06346> and all <03605> their prefects <05461> , And every <03605> land <0776> of their dominion <04475> .
LXXM	(28:28) agiasate <37> V-AAD-2P ep <1909> PREP authn <846> D-ASF eynh <1484> N-APN ton <3588> T-ASM basilea <935> N-ASM twn <3588> T-GPM mhdwn <3370> N-GPM kai <2532> CONJ pashv <3956> A-GSF thv <3588> T-GSF ghv <1065> N-GSF touv <3588> T-APM hgoumenouv <2233> V-PMPAP autou <846> D-GSM kai <2532> CONJ pantav <3956> A-APM touv <3588> T-APM strathgouv <4755> N-APM autou <846> D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	Prepare <06942> the nations <01471> to do battle against <0854> her. Prepare the kings <04428> of the Medes <04074> . Prepare their governors <06346> and all <03605> their leaders <05461> . Prepare all <03605> the countries <0776> they rule <04475> to do battle against her.
HEBREW	wtlsmm <04475> Ura <0776> lk <03605> taw <0853> hyngo <05461> lk <03605> taw <0853> hytwxp <06346> ta <0853> ydm <04074> yklm <04428> ta <0854> Mywg <01471> hyle <05921> wsdq (51:28) <06942>

NETBible

Prepare the nations to do battle against her.¹ Prepare the kings of the Medes. Prepare their governors and all their leaders.² Prepare all the countries they rule to do battle against her.³

NET Notes

¹tn See the first translator’s note on 51:27 and compare also 6:4 and the study note there.

²tn See the translator’s note at 51:23 for the rendering of the terms here.

³tc The Hebrew text has a confusing switch of possessive pronouns in this verse: “Consecrate the nations against her, the kings of the Medes, her governors and prefects, and all the land of his dominion.” This has led to a number of different resolutions. The LXX (the Greek version) renders the word “kings” as singular and levels all the pronouns to “his,” paraphrasing the final clause and combining it with “king of the Medes” to read “and of all the earth.” The Latin Vulgate levels them all to the third masculine plural, and this is followed by the present translation as well as a number of other modern English versions (NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV, NCV). The ASV and NJPS understand the feminine to refer to Media, i.e., “her governors and all her prefects” and understand the masculine in the last line to be a distributive singular referring back to the lands each of the governors and prefects ruled over. This is probably correct but since governors and prefects refer to officials appointed over provinces and vassal states it amounts to much the same interpretation that the Latin Vulgate, the present translation, and other modern English versions have given.