Jeremiah 46:20 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

"Egypt is like a beautiful cow, but a horsefly from the north will attack it.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.

ASV:

Egypt is a very fair heifer; but destruction out of the north is come, it is come.

BBE:

Egypt is a fair young cow; but a biting insect has come on her out of the north.

DBY:

Egypt is a very fair heifer; the gad-fly cometh, it cometh from the north.

ERV:

Egypt is a very fair heifer; but destruction out of the north is come, it is come.

JPS:

Egypt is a very fair heifer; but the gadfly out of the north is come, it is come.

WBS:

Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.

WEB:

Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; but destruction out of the north is come, it is come.

YLT:

A heifer very fair is Egypt, Rending from the north doth come into her.

Jeremiah 46:20 Cross References

XREF:

Jeremiah 1:14 Then the LORD said to me, "Out of the north the evil will break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.

Jeremiah 47:2 Thus says the LORD: "Behold, waters are going to rise from the north And become an overflowing torrent, And overflow the land and all its fullness, The city and those who live in it; And the men will cry out, And every inhabitant of the land will wail.

Hosea 10:11 Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh, But I will come over her fair neck with a yoke; I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, Jacob will harrow for himself. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

46:20 Egypt [is like] a very {q} fair heifer, [but] destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
(q) They have abundance of all things, and therefore are disobedient and proud.

WES:

46:20 A serpent - Egypt is now like an heifer that makes a great bellowing, but the time shall come when she shall make a lesser noise like the hissing of a serpent. With axes - For the Chaldeans shall come with an army, armed with battle - axes, as if they came to fell wood in a forest.

MHC:

46:13-28 Those who encroached on others, shall now be themselves encroached on. Egypt is now like a very fair heifer, not accustomed to the yoke of subjection; but destruction comes out of the north: the Chaldeans shall come. Comfort and peace are spoken to the Israel of God, designed to encourage them when the judgments of God were abroad among the nations. He will be with them, and only correct them in measure; and will not punish them with everlasting destruction from his presence.

CONC:

Beautiful Biting Cow Destruction Egypt Fair Gadfly Gad-fly Heifer Horsefly Insect North North-it Pretty Rending

Beautiful Biting Cow Destruction Egypt Fair Heifer Insect North Rending Young

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