Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they shall cut down her wood, sayeth the LORD, without any discretion. For they shall be more in number than the grasshoppers, so that no man shall be able to tell them.
New American Standard Bible
“Surely it will no more be found,
Even though
And are without number.
King James Version
They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
Holman Bible
this is the Lord’s declaration—
though it is dense,
for they are more numerous than locusts;
they cannot be counted.
International Standard Version
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.
A Conservative Version
They shall cut down her forest, says LORD, though it cannot be searched because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
American Standard Version
They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
Amplified
“They have cut down her forest,” says the Lord;
“Certainly it will no longer be found,
Because they (the invaders) are more numerous than locusts
And cannot be counted.
Bible in Basic English
They will be cutting down her woods, for they may not be searched out; because they are like locusts, more than may be numbered.
Darby Translation
They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it be impenetrable; for they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
Julia Smith Translation
They cut down her forest, says Jehovah, for it shall not be searched out, for they were many above the locust, and no number to them.
King James 2000
They shall cut down her forest, says the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They will cut down her forest," {declares} Yahweh, "for {it is impenetrable}. Yes, they are more numerous than locusts, and {they are without number}.
Modern King James verseion
They shall cut down her forest, says Jehovah, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts and cannot be counted.
NET Bible
The population of Egypt is like a vast, impenetrable forest. But I, the Lord, affirm that the enemy will cut them down. For those who chop them down will be more numerous than locusts. They will be too numerous to count.
New Heart English Bible
They shall cut down her forest, says the LORD, though it can't be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
The Emphasized Bible
They have cut down her forest Declareth Yahweh, Surely he cannot be searched out, - For they have outnumbered locusts, and cannot be counted.
Webster
They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
World English Bible
They shall cut down her forest, says Yahweh, though it can't be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have cut down her forest, An affirmation of Jehovah -- for it is not searched, For they have been more than the grasshopper, And they have no numbering.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 46:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Messages Concerning Egypt
22 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. 23 And they shall cut down her wood, sayeth the LORD, without any discretion. For they shall be more in number than the grasshoppers, so that no man shall be able to tell them. 24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded when she shall be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.
Cross References
Judges 7:12
And the Midianites, the Amalekites, and all they of the east, lay along in the valley, like unto grasshoppers in multitude, and their camels were without number, even as the sand by the seaside in multitude.
Judges 6:5
for they came with their cattle and households even as grasshoppers in multitude: so that both they and also their camels were without number. And they entered the land to destroy it.
Joel 2:25
And I will restore you again, with my great power which I have sent unto you, the years which the locusts and caterpillars have devoured.
Isaiah 10:18
Yea, all the glory of his woods and fields shall be consumed with body and soul. As for himself, he shall be as one chased away.
Ezekiel 20:46
"Thou son of man, set thy face toward the south, and speak to the south wind,
Revelation 9:2-10
And he opened the bottomless pit, and there arose the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun and the air were darkened by the reason of the smoke of the pit.