Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For they move on
And come to her as woodcutters with axes.
King James Version
The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Holman Bible
for the enemy will come with an army;
with axes they will come against her
like those who cut trees.
International Standard Version
Her cry will be like that of a fleeing serpent when they come in strength. They're coming to her with axes like woodcutters.
A Conservative Version
The sound thereof shall go like the serpent, for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
American Standard Version
The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Amplified
“The sound [of Egypt fleeing from the enemy] is like [the rustling of] an escaping serpent,
For her foes advance with a mighty army
And come against her like woodcutters with axes.
Bible in Basic English
She makes a sound like the hiss of a snake when they come on with strength; they go against her with axes, like wood-cutters.
Darby Translation
Her voice shall go like a serpent's; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Julia Smith Translation
Her voice shall go as the serpent; for with an army in the sand they shall go, and with axes they came to her, as they hewing wood.
King James 2000
Her sound shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, like hewers of wood.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Her sound [is] like a snake [that] glides away, for they march in force. And with axes they come to her like those who chop trees.
Modern King James verseion
Its sound is like a serpent's going, for they shall go in force and come against her with axes like woodcutters.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The cry of their enemies shall make a noise, as the blast of a trumpet. For they shall enter in with their host, and come with axes, as it were hewers-down of wood.
NET Bible
Egypt will run away, hissing like a snake, as the enemy comes marching up in force. They will come against her with axes as if they were woodsmen chopping down trees.
New Heart English Bible
The sound of it shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.
The Emphasized Bible
Her noise, like a serpent, departeth, - For, with a force, they advance, And with axes, have they come against her, like them who fell trees:
Webster
The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
World English Bible
The sound of it shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.
Youngs Literal Translation
Its voice as a serpent goeth on, For with a force they go, And with axes they have come in to her, As hewers of trees.
Themes
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 46:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Messages Concerning Egypt
21
Are like
For even they too have turned back and have fled away together;
They did not stand their ground.
For the day of their calamity has come upon them,
The time of their
For they move on
And come to her as woodcutters with axes.
“Surely it will no more be found,
Even though
And are without number.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 14:8
‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’
Isaiah 29:4
From the earth you will speak,
And from the dust where you are prostrate
Your words will come.
Your voice will also be like that of a
And your speech will whisper from the dust.
Isaiah 10:15
Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it?
That would be like
Or like
Isaiah 10:33-34
Those also who are
And those who are lofty will be abased.
Isaiah 37:24
And you have said, ‘With my many chariots I came up to the heights of the mountains,
To the remotest parts of
And I cut down its tall
And I will go to its
Jeremiah 51:20-23
And with you I
And with you I destroy kingdoms.
Micah 1:8
I must go
I must make a lament like the
And a mourning like the ostriches.
Micah 7:16
Of all their might.
They will
Their ears will be deaf.
Zechariah 11:2
Because the glorious trees have been destroyed;
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
For the