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Jeremiah 46:8

Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are 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.

KJV

Ægyptus fluminis instar ascendit, et velut flumina movebuntur fluctus ejus, et dicet : Ascendens operiam terram : perdam civitatem, et habitatores ejus.

Vulgate

Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof.

ASV

מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ כַּ/יְאֹ֣ר יַֽעֲלֶ֔ה וְ/כַ/נְּהָר֖וֹת יִתְגֹּ֣עֲשׁוּ מָ֑יִם וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר אַֽעֲלֶה֙ אֲכַסֶּה אֶ֔רֶץ אֹבִ֥ידָה עִ֖יר וְ/יֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽ/הּ

Hebrew

Egypt riseth up like a flood, and the waves thereof shall be moved as rivers, and he shall say: I will go up and will cover the earth: I will destroy the city, and its inhabitants.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
יְאֹ֔ר
y'r
noun · 64×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 183×
מְכַסֶּ֣ה
mksh
verb · 152×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
נְהַר
nhr
noun · 119×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
תגעש
tg'sh
verb · 10×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Amos 8:8 — Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.