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Jeremiah 51:31

NETBible	One runner after another will come to the king of Babylon. One messenger after another will come bringing news.¹ They will bring news to the king of Babylon that his whole city has been captured.²
NIV © biblegateway Jer 51:31	One courier follows another and messenger follows messenger to announce to the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured,
NASB © biblegateway Jer 51:31	One courier runs to meet another, And one messenger to meet another, To tell the king of Babylon That his city has been captured from end to end;
NLT © biblegateway Jer 51:31	Messengers from every side come running to the king to tell him all is lost!
MSG © biblegateway Jer 51:31	Runner after runner comes racing in, each on the heels of the last, Bringing reports to the king of Babylon that his city is a lost cause.
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 51:31	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:
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 51:31	One runner runs to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken from end to end:
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 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 all sides;
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KJV	One post <07323> (8801) shall run <07323> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) another <07323> (8801)_, and one messenger <05046> (8688) to meet <07125> (8800) another <05046> (8688)_, to shew <05046> (8687) the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> that his city <05892> is taken <03920> (8738) at [one] end <07097>_,
NASB © biblegateway Jer 51:31	One courier <07323> runs <07323> to meet <07122> another <07323> , And one messenger <05046> to meet <07122> another <05046> , To tell <05046> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> That his city <05892> has been captured <03920> from end <07097> to end;
LXXM	(28:31) diwkwn <1377> V-PAPNS eiv <1519> PREP apanthsin {N-ASF} diwkontov <1377> V-PAPGS diwxetai <1377> V-FMI-3S kai <2532> CONJ anaggellwn <312> V-PAPNS eiv <1519> PREP apanthsin {N-ASF} anaggellontov <312> V-PAPGS tou <3588> T-GSN anaggeilai <312> V-AAN tw <3588> T-DSM basilei <935> N-DSM babulwnov <897> N-GSF oti <3754> CONJ ealwken {V-RAI-3S} h <3588> T-NSF poliv <4172> N-NSF autou <846> D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	One runner <07323> after <07125> another <07323> will come <07323> to the king of Babylon. One messenger <05046> after <07125> another <05046> will come bringing news. They will bring news <05046> to the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> that <03588> his whole city <05892> has been captured <03920> .
HEBREW	huqm <07097> wrye <05892> hdkln <03920> yk <03588> lbb <0894> Klml <04428> dyghl <05046> dygm <05046> tarql <07125> dygmw <05046> Uwry <07323> Ur <07323> tarql <07125> Ur (51:31) <07323>

NETBible

One runner after another will come to the king of Babylon. One messenger after another will come bringing news.¹ They will bring news to the king of Babylon that his whole city has been captured.²

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “Runner will run to meet runner and…” The intent is to portray a relay of runners carrying the news that follows on in vv. 31d-33 to the king of Babylon. The present translation attempts to spell out the significance.

²tn Heb “Runner will run to meet runner and messenger to meet messenger to report to the king of Babylon that his city has been taken in [its] entirety.” There is general agreement among the commentaries that the first two lines refer to messengers converging on the king of Babylon from every direction bringing news the sum total of which is reported in the lines that follow. For the meaning of the last phrase see BDB 892 s.v. קָצֶה 3 and compare the usage in Gen 19:4 and Isa 56:11. The sentence has been broken down and restructured to better conform with contemporary English style.