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


In Context

17 They have cried there: Pharaoh king of Egypt is a desolation, Passed by hath the appointed time.

18 I live — an affirmation of the King, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, Surely as Tabor is among mountains, And as Carmel by the sea — he cometh in,

19 Goods for removal make for thee, O inhabitant, daughter of Egypt, For Noph becometh a desolation, And hath been burnt up, without inhabitant.

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

21 Even her hired ones in her midst are as calves of the stall, For even they have turned, They have fled together, they have not stood, For the day of their calamity hath come on them, The time of their inspection.

22 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 46:20 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 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 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.