Jeremiah 51:26
Modern Translations
New International Version
No rock will be taken from you for a cornerstone, nor any stone for a foundation, for you will be desolate forever," declares the LORD.

New Living Translation
You will be desolate forever. Even your stones will never again be used for building. You will be completely wiped out,” says the LORD.

English Standard Version
No stone shall be taken from you for a corner and no stone for a foundation, but you shall be a perpetual waste, declares the LORD.

Berean Study Bible
No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
“They will not take from you even a stone for a corner Nor a stone for foundations, But you will be desolate forever,” declares the LORD.

NASB 1995
"They will not take from you even a stone for a corner Nor a stone for foundations, But you will be desolate forever," declares the LORD.

NASB 1977
“And they will not take from you even a stone for a corner Nor a stone for foundations, But you will be desolate forever,” declares the LORD.

Amplified Bible
“They will not take from you [even] a stone for a cornerstone Nor any rock for a foundation, But you will be desolate forever,” says the LORD.

Christian Standard Bible
No one will be able to retrieve a cornerstone or a foundation stone from you, because you will become desolate forever. This is the LORD’s declaration.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
No one will be able to retrieve a cornerstone or a foundation stone from you, because you will become desolate forever. This is the LORD's declaration.

Contemporary English Version
Your stone blocks won't be reused for cornerstones or foundations, and I promise that forever you will be a desert. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Good News Translation
None of the stones from your ruins will ever be used again for building. You will be like a desert forever. I, the LORD, have spoken.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
People won't find any stones in you to use as a cornerstone. They won't find any stones in you to use for a foundation. You will become permanent ruins," declares the LORD.

International Standard Version
They won't get a cornerstone or a foundation stone from you, because you will be a wasteland forever," declares the LORD.

NET Bible
No one will use any of your stones as a cornerstone. No one will use any of them in the foundation of his house. For you will lie desolate forever," says the LORD.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
They shall not take from you a stone for a corner Nor a stone for a foundation, But you shall be desolate forever,” says the LORD.

King James 2000 Bible
And they shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate forever, says the LORD.

New Heart English Bible
They shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate for ever," says the LORD.

World English Bible
They shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate for ever, says Yahweh.

American King James Version
And they shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate for ever, said the LORD.

American Standard Version
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 Jehovah.

A Faithful Version
And they shall not take a stone from you for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be a desolation forever," says the LORD.

Darby Bible Translation
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; for thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
They shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou shalt be destroyed for euer, sayth the Lord.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
So that neither corner stones shalbe taken any more out of thee: but waste and desolate shalt thou lye for euermore saith the Lorde.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
so that nether corner stones, ner pinnacles, ner foundacion stones shalbe taken enymore out of the but waist & desolate shalt thou lie for euermore, saieth the LORDE.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And they do not take out of you a stone for a corner, "" And a stone for foundations, "" For you are continuous desolations,” "" A declaration of YHWH.

Young's Literal Translation
And they take not out of thee a stone for a corner, And a stone for foundations, For desolations age-during art thou, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Smith's Literal Translation
And they shall not take from thee a stone for a corner, and a stone for foundations; for thou shalt be desolations forever, says Jehovah.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they shall not take of thee a stone for the corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou shalt be destroyed for ever, saith the Lord.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And they will not take from you a stone for the corner, nor a stone for the foundations. Instead, you will be destroyed unto eternity,” says the Lord.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they shall not take away from you a stone for the corners and a stone for a foundation, but you shall be for a desert to eternity, says LORD JEHOVAH

Lamsa Bible
And they shall not take from you a stone for a corner nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate for ever, says the LORD.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they shall not take from thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for a foundation: for thou shalt be a desolation for ever, saith the Lord.
















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