Jeremiah 46:20
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46:20Egypt is like a beautiful young cow.
But northern armies will attack her like swarms of stinging flies.40
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- 40 Heb “Egypt is a beautiful heifer. A gadfly from the north will come against her.” The metaphors have been turned into similes for the sake of clarity. The exact meaning of the word translated “stinging fly” is uncertain due to the fact that it occurs nowhere else in Hebrew literature. For a discussion of the meaning of the word which probably refers to the “gadfly,” which bites and annoys livestock, see W. L. Holladay, Jeremiah (Hermeneia), 2:, who also suggests, probably correctly, that the word is a collective referring to swarms of such insects (cf. the singular אַרְבֶּה [’arbeh] in v. 23 which always refers to swarms of locusts). The translation presupposes the emendation of the second בָּא (ba’) to בָּהּ (bah) with a number of Hebrew and a number of the versions (cf. , fn b).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“A beautiful heifer is Egypt,
but a biting fly from the north has come upon her.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“Egypt is a beautiful heifer,
but a gadfly is coming
against her from the north.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Egypt is a beautiful young cow,
but a horsefly from the north is coming against her.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Egypt is as sleek as a beautiful heifer,
but a horsefly from the north is on its way!
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Egypt is a beautiful heifer,
but a gadfly from the north will come against her.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Egypt is like a very fair heifer,
But destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
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