“Egypt is like a very faire heifer, but destruction commeth: it commeth out of the North.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
Egypt [is like] a very fair heifer, [but] destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
- King James Version
"Egypt is a pretty heifer, {But} a horsefly is coming from the north--it is coming!
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Egypt is a very fair heifer; `but' destruction out of the north is come, it is come.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Egypt is a fair young cow; but a biting insect has come on her out of the north.
- Basic English Bible
Egypt is a very fair heifer; the gad-fly cometh, it cometh from the north.
- Darby Bible
Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
- Webster's Bible
Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; [but] destruction out of the north is come, it is come.
- World English Bible
A heifer very fair [is] Egypt, Rending from the north doth come into her.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Egypt is a very fair heifer; but the gadfly out of the north is come, it is come.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 46:20
46:20 A serpent - Egypt is now like an heifer that makes a great bellowing, but the time shall come when she shall make a lesser noise like the hissing of a serpent. With axes - For the Chaldeans shall come with an army, armed with battle - axes, as if they came to fell wood in a forest.