Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
but a horsefly from the north is coming against her.
New American Standard Bible
But a
King James Version
Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
International Standard Version
Egypt is a beautiful calf, but a horsefly from the north is surely coming.
A Conservative Version
Egypt is a very fair heifer, [but] destruction out of the north has come, it has come.
American Standard Version
Egypt is a very fair heifer; but destruction out of the north is come, it is come.
Amplified
“Egypt is a very pretty heifer,
But a horsefly (Babylonia) is coming [against her] out of the north!
Bible in Basic English
Egypt is a fair young cow; but a biting insect has come on her out of the north.
Darby Translation
Egypt is a very fair heifer; the gad-fly cometh, it cometh from the north.
Julia Smith Translation
Egypt a heifer, fair of mouth; destruction came; from the north it came.
King James 2000
Egypt is like a beautiful heifer, but destruction comes; it comes out of the north.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Egypt [is] a beautiful heifer, [but] a gadfly from [the] north [will] come against her.
Modern King James verseion
Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a stinger from the north surely comes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The land of Egypt is like a goodly fair calf, but one shall come out of the north to prick her forward.
NET Bible
Egypt is like a beautiful young cow. But northern armies will attack her like swarms of stinging flies.
New Heart English Bible
Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; but destruction out of the north has come, it has come.
The Emphasized Bible
A calf of great beauty, is Egypt: The gad-fly, out of the North, cometh - cometh.
Webster
Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
World English Bible
Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; [but] destruction out of the north is come, it is come.
Youngs Literal Translation
A heifer very fair is Egypt, Rending from the north doth come into her.
Themes
Oxen » Described as » Beautiful
Oxen » Heifer illustrative » (fair,) of the beauty and wealth of egypt
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 46:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Messages Concerning Egypt
19
inhabitant of Daughter Egypt!
For Memphis will become a desolation,
uninhabited ruins.
but a horsefly from the north is coming against her.
are like stall-fed calves.
They too will turn back;
together they will flee;
they will not take their stand,
for the day of their calamity is coming on them,
the time of their punishment.
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 47:2
This is what the Lord says:
and becoming an overflowing wadi.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
the cities and their inhabitants.
The people will cry out,
and every inhabitant of the land will wail.
Hosea 10:11
that loves to thresh,
but I will place a yoke on
I will harness Ephraim;
Judah will plow;
Jacob will do the final plowing.
Jeremiah 1:14
Then the Lord said to me, “Disaster will be poured out
Jeremiah 46:6
and the warrior cannot escape!
In the north by the bank of the Euphrates River,
they stumble and fall.
Jeremiah 46:10
a day of vengeance to avenge Himself
against His adversaries.
The sword will devour and be satisfied;
it will drink its fill of their blood,
because it will be a sacrifice
in the northern land by the Euphrates River.
Jeremiah 25:9
I am going to send for all the families of the north’
Jeremiah 46:24
handed over to a northern people.
Jeremiah 50:11
because you sing in triumph—
you who plundered My inheritance—
because you frolic like a young cow treading grain
and neigh like stallions,