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