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Jeremiah 46:20

Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.

KJV

Vitula elegans atque formosa Ægyptus, stimulator ab aquilone veniet ei.

Vulgate

Egypt is a very fair heifer; but destruction out of the north is come, it is come.

ASV

עֶגְלָ֥ה יְפֵֽה פִיָּ֖ה מִצְרָ֑יִם קֶ֥רֶץ מִ/צָּפ֖וֹן בָּ֥א בָֽא

Hebrew

Egypt is like a fair and beautiful heifer: there shall come from the north one that shall goad her.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ה
h
noun · 153×
יְפֵֽה
yph
adjective · 2×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
עֶגְלַ֣ת
'glt
noun · 14×
קֶ֥רֶץ
qrts
noun · 1×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Hos 10:11 — And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
  • Jer 1:14 — Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
  • Jer 46:6 — Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
  • Jer 47:2 — Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the m
  • Jer 47:2 — Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the m