KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Jeremiah 50:27 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
|---|---|---|---|
| “Slay” | חִרְבוּ֙ | To parch (through drought) i.e., (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill | Slay |
| “all” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “her bullocks;” | פָּרֶ֔יהָ | A bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof) | bullocks |
| “let them go down” | יֵרְד֖וּ | To descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) | let go down |
| “to the slaughter:” | לַטָּ֑בַח | Properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstractly butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter) | slaughter |
| “woe” | ה֣וֹי | Oh! | woe |
| “unto” | עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | unto |
| “them! for” | כִּֽי | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | them for |
| “their day” | יוֹמָ֖ם | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | day |
| “is come,” | בָ֥א | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | come |
| “the time” | עֵ֥ת | Time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc | time |
| “of their visitation.” | פְּקֻדָּתָֽם׃ | Visitation (in many senses, chiefly official) | visitation |
See Jeremiah 50:27 with its adjacent verses in bold below. Follow either of the two large buttons below to see these verses in their broader context of the King James Bible or a Bible concordance.
| Very High |
Verse Search Popularity Levels What do people search for?Use the scale on the left to tell how often the verses below are googled compared to each other. |
|
| High | ||
| Medium | ||
| Low | ||
| Very Low |
25 The Lord hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord God of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.
27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple.
29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.
The King James Bible (1611) and Strong's Concordance (1890) with Hebrew and Greek dictionaries are sourced from the BibleForgeDB database (https://github.com/bibleforge) within the BibleForge project (http://bibleforge.com). Popularity rankings are based on search volume data from the Google AdWords Keyword Planner tool.