Jeremiah 46:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.”
Jeremiah 46:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 46:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 46:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; but destruction out of the north has come. It has come.”
Jeremiah 46:20 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 46:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Egypt is a very fair heifer; but destruction out of the north is come, it is come. ”
Jeremiah 46:20 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 46:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“A heifer very fair <FI>is<Fi> Egypt, Rending from the north doth come into her.”
Jeremiah 46:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 46:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Egypt is a very fair heifer; the gad-fly cometh, it cometh from the north. ”
Jeremiah 46:20 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 46:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Egypt is like a faire calfe, but destruction commeth: out of the North it commeth.”
Jeremiah 46:20 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 46:20 in Context — Jeremiah 46
18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
22 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.
What Does Jeremiah 46:20 Mean?
Jeremiah 46:20 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 46. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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