Jeremiah Chapter 51 verse 23 Holy Bible

ASV Jeremiah 51:23

and with thee will I break in pieces 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 governors and deputies.
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BBE Jeremiah 51:23

With you the keeper of sheep with his flock will be broken, and with you the farmer and his oxen will be broken, and with you captains and rulers will be broken.
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DARBY Jeremiah 51:23

and with thee will I break in pieces 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 governors and rulers.
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KJV 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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WBT Jeremiah 51:23


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WEB Jeremiah 51:23

and with you will I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; and with you will I break in pieces the farmer and his yoke [of oxen]; and with you will I break in pieces governors and deputies.
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YLT Jeremiah 51:23

And I have broken in pieces by thee shepherd and his drove, And I have broken in pieces by thee husbandman and his team, And I have broken in pieces by thee governors and prefects.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - Captains; rather, governors. It is the Hebraized form (pekhah) of the official name of an Assyrian or Babylonian governor (pahhat). Rulers; rather, viceroys; Hebrew, segamin (plural). The singular, sagan, is Hebraized from the Assyrian sakun, Babylonian sagun.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) With thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.--The exhausting of all sorts and conditions of men culminates in the ruling caste. The Hebrew word for "captain" (Pekha) is interesting as connected with the Arabic, with which we are now familiar in the form Pacha (Frst, Lex.).