Discovery Box| (1.0022428571429) | (Gen 10:10) |
2 tn Or “Babylon.” |
| (0.6466943697479) | (Isa 13:17) |
1 tn Heb “against them”; NLT “against Babylon.” |
| (0.6161931092437) | (Psa 137:8) |
1 tn Heb “O devastated daughter of Babylon.” The psalmist dramatically anticipates Babylon’s demise. |
| (0.55780722689076) | (Isa 23:13) |
4 sn This verse probably refers to the Assyrian destruction of Babylon. |
| (0.55780722689076) | (Jer 51:12) |
1 tn Heb “Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon.” |
| (0.55780722689076) | (Jer 51:56) |
1 tn Heb “for a destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon.” |
| (0.55334042016807) | (Jer 50:42) |
1 tn Heb “daughter Babylon.” The word “daughter” is a personification of the city of Babylon and its inhabitants. |
| (0.49048773109244) | (2Ch 36:7) |
2 tn Heb “in Babylon.” Repeating the proper name “Babylon” here would be redundant in contemporary English, so “there” has been used in the translation. |
| (0.49048773109244) | (Zec 2:7) |
1 tn Heb “live in [or “with” (cf. NASB), i.e., “among”] the daughter of Babylon” (so NIV; NAB “dwell in daughter Babylon”). |
| (0.46892005882353) | (Gen 10:10) |
3 sn Erech (ancient Uruk, modern Warka), one of the most ancient civilizations, was located southeast of Babylon. |
| (0.46892005882353) | (Gen 10:10) |
4 sn Akkad, or ancient Agade, was associated with Sargon and located north of Babylon. |
| (0.46892005882353) | (2Ki 25:7) |
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.46892005882353) | (Neh 7:6) |
3 tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1. |
| (0.46892005882353) | (Isa 13:1) |
2 tn Heb “The message [traditionally, “burden”] [about] Babylon which Isaiah son of Amoz saw.” |
| (0.46892005882353) | (Isa 14:4) |
1 tn Heb “you will lift up this taunt over the king of Babylon, saying.” |
| (0.46892005882353) | (Isa 14:22) |
1 tn Heb “I will cut off from Babylon name and remnant” (ASV, NAB, and NRSV all similar). |
| (0.46892005882353) | (Isa 21:2) |
2 sn This is often interpreted to mean “all the groaning” that Babylon has caused others. |
| (0.46892005882353) | (Jer 51:13) |
1 sn Babylon was situated on the Euphrates River and was surrounded by canals (also called “rivers”). |
| (0.46892005882353) | (Jer 51:33) |
1 sn Heb “Daughter Babylon.” See the study note at 50:42 for explanation. |
| (0.46892005882353) | (Jer 51:50) |
1 sn God’s exiled people are told to leave doomed Babylon (see v. 45). |
