Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 Also her hired soldiers are in the midst of her like fatted calves; for they also are turned back, and have fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity had come upon them, and the time of their punishment. 22 Her sound shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, like hewers of wood. 23 They shall cut down her forest, says the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 14:8
Yea, the cypress trees rejoice at you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since you were laid low, no hewer has come up against us.
Isaiah 29:4
And you shall be brought down, and shall speak out of the ground, and your speech shall be low out of the dust, and your voice shall be, as of one that is a medium, out of the ground, and your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
Isaiah 10:15
Shall the ax boast itself against him that hews with it? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that uses it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were not wood.
Isaiah 10:33-34
Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop off the boughs with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
Isaiah 37:24
By your servants have you reproached the Lord, and have said, By the multitude of my chariots have I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees: and I will enter into its farthest height, and the forest of its Carmel.
Jeremiah 51:20-23
You are my battle-axe and weapons of war: for with you will I break in pieces the nations, and with you will I destroy kingdoms;
Micah 1:8
Therefore I will lament and wail, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.
Micah 7:16
The nations shall see and be ashamed at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
Zechariah 11:2
Wail, O cypress; for the cedar has fallen; because the mighty trees are ruined: wail, O you oaks of Bashan; for the thick forest has come down.