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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.
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.
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
Yalak
Yalak
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 46:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Messages Concerning Egypt
21 Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall, for they also are turned back. They have fled away together. They did not stand, for the day of their calamity has come upon them, the time of their visitation. 22 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. 23 They shall cut down her forest, says LORD, though it cannot be searched because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 14:8
Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, [and] the cedars of Lebanon, [saying], Since thou are laid low, no hewer has come up against us.
Isaiah 29:4
And thou shall be brought down, and shall speak out of the ground. And thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be as of he who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground. And thy speech shall whisper out of the d
Isaiah 10:15
Shall the axe boast itself against him who hews with it? Shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield those who lift it up, [or] as if a staff should lift up [him who is] not wood.
Isaiah 10:33-34
Behold, the Lord, LORD of hosts, will lop off the boughs with terror. And the high of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be brought low.
Isaiah 37:24
By thy servants thou have defied LORD, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. And I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice fir
Jeremiah 51:20-23
Thou are my battle-axe and weapons of war. And with thee I will break in pieces the nations, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms,
Micah 1:8
For this I will lament and wail. I will go stripped and naked. I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.
Micah 7:16
The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might. They shall lay their hand upon their mouth. Their ears shall be deaf.
Zechariah 11:2
Wail, O fir tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the fine ones are destroyed. Wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down.