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


In Context

17 There they will exclaim, 'Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise; he has missed his opportunity.'

18 "As surely as I live," declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty, "one will come who is like Tabor among the mountains, like Carmel by the sea.

19 Pack your belongings for exile, you who live in Egypt, for Memphis will be laid waste and lie in ruins without inhabitant.

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

21 The mercenaries in her ranks are like fattened calves. They too will turn and flee together, they will not stand their ground, for the day of disaster is coming upon them, the time for them to be punished.

22 Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent as the enemy advances in force; they will come against her with axes, like men who cut down trees.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:20Egypt is a very fair heifer; the gad-fly cometh, it cometh from the north.

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.