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Jeremiah 46:8

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8Egypt nriseth up like oa flood,

And his waters qare moved like the rivers;

And he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth;

I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

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Footnotes

  1. nComp. Isai. 8:7, 8. ch. 47:2. Dan. 11:22.
  2. qch. 25:16.

Cross references

  1. oGen. 41:1, 2, &c.(Heb.).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Egypt rises like the Nile,

like rivers whose waters surge.

He said, ‘I will rise, I will cover the earth,

I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Egypt rises like the Nile,

like rivers of surging waters.

She says, ‘I will rise and cover the earth;

I will destroy cities and their people.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Egypt rises like the Nile,

and its waters churn like rivers.

He boasts, “I will go up, I will cover the earth;

I will destroy cities with their residents.”

NLTNew Living Translation

It is the Egyptian army,

overflowing all the land,

boasting that it will cover the earth like a flood,

destroying cities and their people.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Egypt rises like the Nile,

even like the rivers whose waters surge.

And he says, “Let me rise,

let me cover the earth,

let me destroy cities,

and the inhabitants in them.”