20Egypt is a very fair heifer; the gad-fly cometh, it cometh from the north.


In Context

17 There did they cry, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the time appointed go by.

18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts, surely as Tabor among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

19 Thou, inhabitress, daughter of Egypt, furnish for thyself a captive's baggage, for Noph shall be a desolation and shall be ruined, so that none shall dwell therein.

20 Egypt is a very fair heifer; the gad-fly cometh, it cometh from the north.

21 Also her hired men in the midst of her are like fatted bullocks; for they also have turned back, they have fled away together, they did not stand; for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation.

22 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 46:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

46:20Egypt [is like] a very fair heifer, [but] destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

46:20"Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly is coming against her from the north.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

46:20Egypt is like a fair and beautiful heifer: there shall come from the north one that shall goad her.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

46:20Egypt is a very fair heifer; but destruction out of the north is come, it is come.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

46:20Egypt is a very fair heifer; but destruction out of the north is come, it is come.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:20Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:20Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; [but] destruction out of the north is come, it is come.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

46:20A heifer very fair is Egypt, Rending from the north doth come into her.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

46:20Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction comes; it comes out of the north.