Jeremiah 50 · Verse 40

Jeremiah 50:40

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
Jeremiah 50:40, King James Version

Jeremiah 50:40 in other translations

BSBAs God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
WEBAs when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor cities,” says the LORD, “so no man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein.
ASVAs when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
YLTAs overthrown by God with Sodom, And with Gomorrah, and with its neighbours, An affirmation of Jehovah, none doth dwell there, Nor sojourn in her doth a son of man.
DARBYAs when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and their neighbour cities, saith Jehovah, no one shall dwell there, neither shall a son of man sojourn therein.
BBEAs when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbouring towns were overturned by God, says the Lord, so no man will be living in it, and no son of man will have a resting-place there.
WebsterAs God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring cities, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

What does Jeremiah 50:40 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
40. (Is 13:19). Repeated from Jr 49:18.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 40 As God overthrew Sodom - As the very ground on which these cities stood, with all the plain, now lies under the Dead Sea; so Babylon and the adjacent country shall be rendered totally barren and unfruitful, and utterly incapable of being inhabited. And this is the fact concerning both countries. See Jer 49:18.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 50:33-46

It is Israel's comfort in distress, that, though they are weak, their Redeemer is strong. This may be applied to believers, who complain of the dominion of sin and corruption, and of their own weakness and manifold infirmities. Their Redeemer is able to keep what they commit to him; and sin shall not have dominion over them. He will give them that rest which remains for the people of God. Also here is Babylon's sin…

Read the full comment on Jeremiah 50:33-46 →

Jeremiah 50:40 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֨תke.mah.pe.Khatlike [the] overthrow ofH4114
אֱלֹהִ֜ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
סְדֹ֧םse.DomSodomH5467
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
עֲמֹרָ֛ה'a.mo.RahGomorrahH6017
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
שְׁכֵנֶ֖יהָshe.khe.Nei.haneighbors itsH7934
נְאֻם\־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יֵשֵׁ֥בye.Shevhe will dwellH3427
שָׁם֙shamthereH8033
אִ֔ישׁ'IshanyoneH376
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יָג֥וּרya.Gurhe will sojournH1481
בָּ֖הּbahin <the> it
בֶּן\־ben-a child ofH1121
אָדָֽם\׃'a.DamhumankindH120

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 50:40

  • Genesis 19:24-25

    Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

  • Luke 17:28-30

    Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

  • Jeremiah 49:18

    As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.

  • 2 Peter 2:6

    And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

  • Isaiah 13:19-20

    And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

  • Jude 1:7

    Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

  • Deuteronomy 29:23

    And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

  • Amos 4:11

    I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

  • Isaiah 1:9

    Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

  • Revelation 11:8

    And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

  • Jeremiah 51:26

    And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the Lord.

  • Zephaniah 2:9

    Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
49:18; 51:26; Ge 19:24,25; De 29:23; Isa 1:9; 13:19,20; Ho 11:8,9
Am 4:11; Zep 2:9; Lu 17:28-30; 2Pe 2:6; Jude 1:7; Re 11:8; 18:8,9

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Context

  • Jeremiah 50:39

    Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

  • Jeremiah 50:40

    As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

  • Jeremiah 50:41

    Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

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Jeremiah 50:40 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Como en el trastornamiento de Dios á Sodoma y á Gomorra y á sus ciudades vecinas, dice Jehová, no morará allí hombre, ni hijo de hombre la habitará.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Comme dans la subversion que Dieu a faite de Sodome et de Gomorrhe et des villes voisines, dit l’ Éternel, personne n’y habitera et aucun fils d’homme n’y séjournera.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Gleich der Umkehrung Sodoms und Gomorras und ihrer Nachbarn durch Gott, spricht Jehova, wird niemand daselbst wohnen und kein Menschenkind darin weilen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sicut subvertit Dominus Sodomam et Gomorrham, et vicinas ejus, ait Dominus, non habitabit ibi vir, et non incolet eam filius hominis.