American Standard Version (ASV):
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
King James Version (KJV):
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
American Standard Version (ASV):
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there.
King James Version (KJV):
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.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
King James Version (KJV):
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and [as for] gold, they shall not delight in it.
American Standard Version (ASV):
And [their] bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
King James Version (KJV):
[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.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.
King James Version (KJV):
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined [unto them] shall fall by the sword.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
King James Version (KJV):
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
American Standard Version (ASV):
And I will punish the world for [their] evil, and the wicked for their iniquity: and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
King James Version (KJV):
And I will punish the world for [their] evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
American Standard Version (ASV):
I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.
King James Version (KJV):
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Therefore I will make the heavens to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of its place, in the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
King James Version (KJV):
Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
American Standard Version (ASV):
And it shall come to pass, that as the chased roe, and as sheep that no man gathereth, they shall turn every man to his own people, and shall flee every man to his own land.
King James Version (KJV):
And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.