Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

“Its sound moves along like a serpent;
For they move on like an army
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

Egypt will hiss like a slithering snake,
for the enemy will come with an army;
with axes they will come against her
like those who cut trees.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The voice
קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

נחשׁ 
Nachash 
Usage: 31

ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

with an army
חיל 
Chayil 
Usage: 243

and come

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

קרדּם 
Qardom 
axe
Usage: 5

as hewers
חטב 
Chatab 
Usage: 9

Context Readings

Messages Concerning Egypt

21 Even the mercenary troops in her ranks are like a fattened calf. They too will turn around, and will flee together. They won't stand, for the day of their disaster is coming on them, the time of their punishment. 22 Her cry will be like that of a fleeing serpent when they come in strength. They're coming to her with axes like woodcutters. 23 They'll cut down her forest, though it's impenetrable," declares the LORD, "for they're more numerous than locusts, and there are too many of them to count.



Cross References

Isaiah 14:8

Even the cypresses rejoice over you, as do the cedars of Lebanon, saying, "Now that you've been laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.'

Isaiah 29:4

and you will be brought down. You will speak from the ground, and your speech will mumble from the dust. Your voice will come ghostlike from the ground, and your speech will whisper from the dust.

Isaiah 10:15

"Does the ax exalt itself over the one who swings it? Or does the saw magnify itself in opposition to the one who wields it? As if a rod were to wield those who lift it, or as if a club were to brandish the one who is not wood!

Isaiah 10:33-34

Behold, the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies will lop off its boughs with terrifying power; the tallest in height will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.

Isaiah 37:24

By your messengers you have insulted the LORD, and you have said, "With my many chariots I have climbed the heights of mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its pines; I reached its remotest heights, the most verdant of its forests.

Jeremiah 51:20-23

"You are my war-club and weapons of war. I'll smash nations with you and destroy kingdoms with you.

Micah 1:8

"Therefore I will cry out and grieve loudly; I will walk around stripped and naked. I will cry out like a jackal and mourn like a company of ostriches.

Micah 7:16

The nations will look on and will be ashamed in spite of all their power; they will cup their hands over their mouths, and their ears will be deaf.

Zechariah 11:2

Wail, cypress tree, for the cedar has fallen while the stately trees are destroyed. Wail, oak trees of Bashan, for the old growth forest has been cut down.

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