Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Egypt a heifer, fair of mouth; destruction came; from the north it came.
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.
Holman Bible
but a horsefly from the north is coming against her.
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.
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 Make to thee instruments of captivity, thou daughter dwelling in Egypt: for Noph shall be for a waste and desolate from not being inhabited. 20 Egypt a heifer, fair of mouth; destruction came; from the north it came. 21 Also her hirelings in the midst of her as calves of the stall; for also they turned, they fled together: they stood not, for the day of their calamity came upon them, the time of their reviewing.
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 47:2
Thus said Jehovah, Behold, waters coming up from the north, and they were for an overflowing torrent, and they shall overflow the land, and its fulness; the city and those dwelling in it: and the men cried out, and all inhabiting the land wailed.
Hosea 10:11
And Ephraim a heifer being taught, loving to tread out the grain, and I passed over upon the good of her neck: I will cause Ephraim to ride; Judah shall be silent, and Jacob shall be strong to him.
Jeremiah 1:14
And Jehovah will say to me, From the north shall evil be opened upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Jeremiah 46:6
The swift shall not flee away, and the strong shall not escape: to the north upon the hand of the river Phrath they stumbled and fell
Jeremiah 46:10
And that the day to the Lord Jehovah of armies, a day of vengeance to be avenged of his adversaries: and the sword consumed and was satiated, and drunk their blood to the full; for a sacrifice to the Lord Jehovah of armies in the land of the north by the river Phrath.
Jeremiah 25:9
Behold me sending, and I took all the families of the north, says Jehovah, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel, my servant, and I brought them against this land and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and I devoted them to destruction, and I set them for a desolation and for a hissing, and for perpetual wastes.
Jeremiah 46:24
The daughter of Egypt was ashamed; she was given into the hand of the people of the north.
Jeremiah 50:11
Because thou wilt be glad, because thou wilt exult, ye plundering mine inheritance, because thou wilt show off proudly as a heifer at grass, and thou wilt neigh as the strong ones;