22Its 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.


In Context

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.

23 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.

24 Ashamed hath been the daughter of Egypt, She hath been given into the hand of the people of the north.

Jeremiah 46:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

46:22The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

46:22Egypt 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

46:22Her voice shall sound like brass, for they shall hasten with an army, and with axes they shall come against her, as hewers of wood.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

46:22The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:22Her voice shall go like a serpent's; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

46:22The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:22The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:22The sound of it shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

46:22The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.