Jeremiah 51 · Verse 22

Jeremiah 51:22

With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
Jeremiah 51:22, King James Version

Jeremiah 51:22 in other translations

BSBWith you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.
WEBWith you I will break in pieces the chariot and him who rides therein. With you I will break in pieces man and woman. With you I will break in pieces the old man and the youth. With you I will break in pieces the young man and the virgin.
ASVand with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and him that rideth therein; and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin;
YLTAnd I have broken in pieces by thee man and woman, And I have broken in pieces by thee old and young, And I have broken in pieces by thee young man and virgin,
DARBYand with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
BBEWith you man and woman will be broken; with you the old man and the boy will be broken; with you the young man and the virgin will be broken;
WebsterWith thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;

What does Jeremiah 51:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. old and young--(2Ch 36:17).

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 51:1-58

Babylon's doom; God's controversy with her; encouragements from thence to the Israel of God. (Jr 51:1-58) The confirming of this. (Jr 51:59-64) Verses 1-58 The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to again. Babylon is abundant in treasures, yet neither her waters nor her wealth shall secure her. Destruction comes when they did not think of it. Wherever we…

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Jeremiah 51:22 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.

וְנִפַּצְתִּ֤יve.ni.patz.Tiand I smashH5310
בְךָ֙ve.Khaby <the> you
אִ֣ישׁ'ishmanH376
וְאִשָּׁ֔הve.'i.Shahand womanH802
וְנִפַּצְתִּ֥יve.ni.patz.Tiand I smashH5310
בְךָ֖ve.Khaby <the> you
זָקֵ֣ןza.Kenold [man]H2205
וָנָ֑עַרva.Na.'arand young manH5288
וְנִפַּצְתִּ֣יve.ni.patz.Tiand I smashH5310
בְךָ֔ve.Khaby <the> you
בָּח֖וּרba.Churyoung manH970
וּבְתוּלָֽה\׃u.ve.tu.Lahand young womanH1330

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 51:22

  • 2 Chronicles 36:17

    Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

  • Isaiah 13:18

    Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

  • Ezekiel 9:6

    Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

  • 1 Samuel 15:3

    Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

  • Isaiah 13:16

    Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

  • Deuteronomy 32:25

    The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

  • Lamentations 2:11

    Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

  • Jeremiah 6:11

    Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

  • Isaiah 20:4

    So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6:11; De 32:25; 1Sa 15:3; 2Ch 36:17; Isa 20:4; La 2:11; Eze 9:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 51:21

    And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;

  • Jeremiah 51:22

    With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;

  • Jeremiah 51:23

    I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

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Jeremiah 51:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Asimismo por tu medio quebrantaré hombres y mujeres, y por medio de ti quebrantaré viejos y mozos, y por tu medio quebrantaré mancebos y vírgenes:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et par toi je briserai l’homme et la femme, et par toi je briserai le vieillard et le jeune garçon, et par toi je briserai le jeune homme et la vierge;
German
Elberfelder 1871
und mit dir zerschmettere ich Mann und Weib, und mit dir zerschmettere ich Greis und Knaben, und mit dir zerschmettere ich Jüngling und Jungfrau;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et collidam in te virum et mulierem: et collidam in te senem et puerum: et collidam in te juvenem et virginem: