Jeremiah 46:22
Jeremiah 46:22 — The New International Version (NIV)
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 46:22 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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.
Jeremiah 46:22 — New Living Translation (NLT)
22 Egypt flees, silent as a serpent gliding away.
The invading army marches in;
they come against her with axes like woodsmen.
Jeremiah 46:22 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
22 Her noise shall go like a serpent,
For they shall march with an army
And come against her with axes,
Like those who chop wood.
Jeremiah 46:22 — New Century Version (NCV)
22 Egypt is like a hissing snake that is trying to escape.
The enemy comes closer and closer.
They come against Egypt with axes
like men who cut down trees.
Jeremiah 46:22 — American Standard Version (ASV)
22 The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Jeremiah 46:22 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
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 46:22 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
22 Egypt will hiss like a snake as it slithers away.
Its enemies will come with full force.
They will attack it with axes like those who chop wood.
Jeremiah 46:22 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
22 Egypt will hiss like a slithering snake,
for the enemy will come with an army;
with axes they will come against her
like those who cut trees.
Jeremiah 46:22 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
22 She makes a sound like a snake gliding away;
for her enemies march in force,
and come against her with axes,
like those who fell trees.
Jeremiah 46:22 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
22 Her sound is like a snake that glides away,
for they march in force.
And with axes they come to her
like those who chop trees.
Jeremiah 46:22 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
22 The Egyptians will hiss like a snake that is trying to get away.
A powerful army will advance against them.
Their enemies will come against them with axes.
They will be like those who cut down trees.
Jeremiah 46:22 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
22 “Its sound moves along like a serpent;
For they move on like an army
And come to her as woodcutters with axes.