TEV
21. బాటలు చీలుచోట రెండు మార్గములు చీలు స్థలమున శకునము తెలిసికొను టకు బబులోను రాజు నిలుచుచున్నాడు; అతడు బాణ ములను ఇటు అటు ఆడించుచు, విగ్రహములచేత విచారణ చేయుచు, కార్యమునుబట్టి శకునము చూచుచున్నాడు.

ERVTE
21. ఇది బబులోను రాజు ఆ ప్రాంతాన్ని తాను ఎలా ఎదుర్కోవాలన్నదానిని తెలుపుతుంది. బబులోను రాజు ఆ మార్గం రెండుగా విడిపోయే చోటికి వచ్చాడు. బబులోను రాజు తన భవిష్యత్తు కార్యక్రమం తెలుసుకొనటానికి మంత్ర, తంత్ర సంకేతాలను ఉపయోగించాడు. అతడు కొన్ని బాణాలు తీసుకొన్నాడు. తన కులదేవతలను కొన్ని ప్రశ్నలడిగాడు. పిమ్మట అతడు చంపిన ఒక జంతువు కార్జంవెపు చూశాడు.

IRVTE
21. రహదారులు చీలే చోట రెండు దారులు చీలే కూడలిలో శకునం చూడడానికి బబులోను రాజు ఆగాడు. అతడు బాణాలు ఇటు అటు ఆడిస్తూ, విగ్రహాలను అడుగుతున్నాడు. అతడు కాలేయం శకునం పరీక్షించి చూస్తున్నాడు!



KJV
21. For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made [his] arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

AMP
21. For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the fork of the two ways, to use divination. He shakes the arrows to and fro, he consults the teraphim (household gods), he looks at the liver.

KJVP
21. For H3588 CONJ the king H4428 NMS of Babylon H894 LFS stood H5975 at H413 PREP the parting H517 GFS of the way H1870 D-NMS , at the head H7218 B-NMS of the two H8147 ONUM ways H1870 , to use H7080 divination H7081 : he made [ his ] arrows bright H7043 , he consulted H7592 with images H8655 , he looked H7200 VQQ3MS in the liver H3516 .

YLT
21. For stood hath the king of Babylon at the head of the way, At the top of the two ways, to use divination, He hath moved lightly with the arrows, He hath asked at the teraphim, He hath looked on the liver.

ASV
21. For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows to and fro, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.

WEB
21. For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows back and forth, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.

NASB
21. Cleave to the right! destroy! to the left! wherever your edge is turned.

ESV
21. For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination. He shakes the arrows; he consults the teraphim; he looks at the liver.

RV
21. For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows to and fro, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.

RSV
21. For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the teraphim, he looks at the liver.

NKJV
21. "For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the road, at the fork of the two roads, to use divination: he shakes the arrows, he consults the images, he looks at the liver.

MKJV
21. For the king of Babylon shall stand at the parting of the way, at the head of the two highways, to practice divination. He shall shake arrows; he shall ask household idols; he shall look at the liver.

AKJV
21. For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

NRSV
21. For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the fork in the two roads, to use divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the teraphim, he inspects the liver.

NIV
21. For the king of Babylon will stop at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He will cast lots with arrows, he will consult his idols, he will examine the liver.

NIRV
21. "The king of Babylonia will stop at the place where the two roads meet. He will ask his gods to tell him which way to go. He will cast lots by pulling arrows out of a bag. And he will look carefully at the liver of a sheep.

NLT
21. The king of Babylon now stands at the fork, uncertain whether to attack Jerusalem or Rabbah. He calls his magicians to look for omens. They cast lots by shaking arrows from the quiver. They inspect the livers of animal sacrifices.

MSG
21. The king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road and he decides by divination which of the two roads to take. He draws straws, he throws god-dice, he examines a goat liver.

GNB
21. The king of Babylonia stands by the signpost at the fork of the road. To discover which way to go, he shakes the arrows; he consults his idols; he examines the liver of a sacrificed animal.

NET
21. For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road at the head of the two routes. He looks for omens: He shakes arrows, he consults idols, he examines animal livers.

ERVEN
21. This shows that the king of Babylon has come to the place where the two roads separate. He has used magic signs to find the future. He shook some arrows. He asked questions from family idols. He looked at the liver from an animal he killed.