Parallel Verses
Amplified
Who is this that rises up like the Nile [River],
Like the rivers [in the delta of Egypt] whose waters surge about?
New American Standard Bible
Like the rivers whose waters surge about?
King James Version
Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
Holman Bible
like rivers whose waters churn?
International Standard Version
Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?
A Conservative Version
Who is this that rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
American Standard Version
Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
Bible in Basic English
Who is this coming up like the Nile, whose waters are lifting their heads like the rivers?
Darby Translation
Who is this that riseth up as the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
Julia Smith Translation
Who this as a river he shall come up, as the rivers his waters shall be moved?
King James 2000
Who is this that comes up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Who [is] this that rises like the Nile, like the rivers whose waters surge?
Modern King James verseion
Who is this rising up like the Nile, whose waters are moved like the rivers?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But what is he, this that swelleth up as it were a flood, roaring and raging like the streams of water?
NET Bible
"Who is this that rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage?
New Heart English Bible
Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
The Emphasized Bible
Who is it that is like the Nile when it riseth, Like rivers when his waters are tossed?
Webster
Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
World English Bible
Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
Youngs Literal Translation
Who is this? as a flood he cometh up, As rivers do his waters shake themselves!
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 46:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Messages Concerning Egypt
6
Do not let the swift man run,
Nor the mighty man escape;
In the north by the river Euphrates
They have stumbled and fallen.
Who is this that rises up like the Nile [River],
Like the rivers [in the delta of Egypt] whose waters surge about?
Egypt rises like the Nile,
Even like the rivers whose waters surge about.
And
I will certainly destroy the city and its inhabitants.”
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 47:2
Thus says the Lord:
And become an overflowing stream
And overflow the land and all that is in it,
The city and those who live in it.
Then the people will cry out,
And all the inhabitants of the land [of Philistia] will wail.
Isaiah 8:7-8
Now therefore, listen carefully, the Lord is about to bring on them the waters of the [Euphrates] River, strong and abundant—
The king of Assyria and all his glory;
And it will rise over all its channels and canals and go far beyond its banks.
Daniel 11:22
The overwhelming forces [of the invading armies of Egypt] will be flooded away before him and smashed; and also the
Song of Songs 3:6
(The Shulammite Bride)
“What is this coming up from the wilderness
Like [stately] pillars of smoke
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all the fragrant powders of the merchant?”
Song of Songs 8:5
(The Chorus)
“Who is this coming up from the wilderness
Leaning upon her beloved?”
Isaiah 63:1
With crimson-stained garments from Bozrah [in Edom],
This One (the Messiah) who is majestic in His apparel,
Marching in the greatness of His might?
“It is I, [the One] who speaks in righteousness [proclaiming vindication], mighty to save.”
Daniel 9:26
Then after the sixty-two weeks [of years] the Anointed One will be cut off [and denied His Messianic kingdom] and have nothing [and no one to defend Him], and the people of the [other] prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.
Amos 8:8
“Because of this [coming judgment] will the land not quake
And everyone mourn who dwells in it?
Indeed, all of it shall rise up like the Nile,
And it will be tossed around [from the impact of judgment]
And [afterward] subside again like the Nile of Egypt.
Revelation 12:15
And the serpent hurled water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.