Strong's Concordance
Original word: בֵּל
Transliteration: Bel
Definition (short): Bel
Definition (full): Bel -- a chief Babylonian deity
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: short. form of Baal
Definition: a chief Bab. deity
NASB Translation: Bel (3).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries.
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References
KJV:
Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
NASB:
Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over; Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle. The things that you carry are burdensome, A load for the weary beast.
KJV:
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
NASB:
"Declare and proclaim among the nations. Proclaim it and lift up a standard. Do not conceal it but say, 'Babylon has been captured, Bel has been put to shame, Marduk has been shattered; Her images have been put to shame, her idols have been shattered.'
KJV:
And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
NASB:
"I will punish Bel in Babylon, And I will make what he has swallowed come out of his mouth; And the nations will no longer stream to him. Even the wall of Babylon has fallen down!