Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 51:37
American Standard Version
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
Amplified® Bible
And Babylon shall become heaps [of ruins], a dwelling place of jackals, a horror (an astonishing desolation) and a hissing [of amazement], without inhabitant.
Contemporary English Version
Babylon will be a pile of rubble where only jackals live. People will laugh, but they will be afraid to walk among the ruins.
Darby English Version
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
Good News Bible
That country will become a pile of ruins where wild animals live. It will be a horrible sight; no one will live there, and all who see it will be terrified.
King James Version
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
New American Standard Bible
"Babylon will become a heap {of ruins,} a haunt of jackals, An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.
New International Version
Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
a haunt of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,
a place where no one lives.
New King James Version
Babylon shall become a heap,
A dwelling place for jackals,
An astonishment and a hissing,
Without an inhabitant.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.
Revised Standard Version
and Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, the haunt of jackals, a horror and a hissing, without inhabitant.
Young's Literal Translation
And Babylon hath been for heaps, A habitation of dragons, An astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.