Jeremiah 46:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.”
Jeremiah 46:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 46:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 46:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They will cut down her forest,” says Yahweh, “though it can’t be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.”
Jeremiah 46:23 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 46:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable. ”
Jeremiah 46:23 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 46:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.”
Jeremiah 46:23 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 46:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it be impenetrable; for they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable. ”
Jeremiah 46:23 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 46:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“They shall cut downe her forest, saith the Lord: for they cannot be counted, because they are moe then ye grashoppers, and are innumerable.”
Jeremiah 46:23 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 46:23 in Context — Jeremiah 46
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.
25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
What Does Jeremiah 46:23 Mean?
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