Jeremiah 46:22 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Jeremiah 46:22 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 46:22 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 46:22 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Its sound will go like the serpent, for they will march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.”
Jeremiah 46:22 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 46:22 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Jeremiah 46:22 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 46:22 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.”
Jeremiah 46:22 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 46:22 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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. ”
Jeremiah 46:22 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 46:22 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The voyce thereof shall goe foorth like a serpent: for they shall march with an armie, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.”
Jeremiah 46:22 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 46:22 in Context — Jeremiah 46
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.
23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
What Does Jeremiah 46:22 Mean?
Jeremiah 46:22 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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