Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Who is this, rising like the Nile,
like rivers whose waters churn?

New American Standard Bible

Who is this that rises like the Nile,
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?

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?

Amplified


Who is this that rises up like the Nile [River],
Like the rivers [in the delta of Egypt] whose waters surge about?

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עלה 
`alah 
Usage: 890

as a flood
יאר 
Y@`or 
Usage: 65

גּעשׁ 
Ga`ash 
Usage: 9

Context Readings

Messages Concerning Egypt

6 The swift cannot flee,
and the warrior cannot escape!
In the north by the bank of the Euphrates River,
they stumble and fall.
7 Who is this, rising like the Nile,
like rivers whose waters churn?
8 Egypt rises like the Nile,
and its waters churn like rivers.
He boasts, “I will go up, I will cover the earth;
I will destroy cities with their residents.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 47:2

This is what the Lord says:

Look, waters are rising from the north
and becoming an overflowing wadi.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
the cities and their inhabitants.
The people will cry out,
and every inhabitant of the land will wail.

Isaiah 8:7-8

the Lord will certainly bring against them
the mighty rushing waters of the Euphrates River—
the king of Assyria and all his glory.
It will overflow its channels
and spill over all its banks.

Daniel 11:22

A flood of forces will be swept away before him; they will be shattered, as well as the covenant prince.

Song of Songs 3:6

N What is this coming up from the wilderness
like columns of smoke,
scented with myrrh and frankincense
from every fragrant powder of the merchant?

Song of Songs 8:5

Y Who is this coming up from the wilderness,
leaning on the one she loves?


W I awakened you under the apricot tree.
There your mother conceived you;
there she conceived and gave you birth.

Isaiah 63:1

Who is this coming from Edom
in crimson-stained garments from Bozrah—
this One who is splendid in His apparel,
rising up proudly in His great might?


It is I, proclaiming vindication,
powerful to save.

Daniel 9:26

After those 62 weeks
the Messiah will be cut off
and will have nothing.
The people of the coming prince
will destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end will come with a flood,
and until the end there will be war;
desolations are decreed.

Amos 8:8

Because of this, won’t the land quake
and all who dwell in it mourn?
All of it will rise like the Nile;
it will surge and then subside
like the Nile in Egypt.

Revelation 12:15

From his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river flowing after the woman, to sweep her away in a torrent.

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