Jeremiah 46:8

Jeremiah 46:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Egypt rises like the Nile, like rivers of surging waters. She says, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy cities and their people.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)Egypt rises like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge. He said, 'I will rise, I will cover the earth, I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Egypt rises up like a flood, And its waters move like the rivers; And he says, ‘I will go up and cover the earth, I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.’

Context of Jeremiah 46:8

6But none of them can run fast enough. Even the strongest soldiers cannot escape. In the north, beside the River Euphrates, they fall down to the ground. 7A nation is rising up, like the great waters of the Nile river. Who is this nation? Egypt is rising like the waters of the Nile. Its streams of water quickly pour out over the earth. Egypt says, “I will rise up and I will cover the earth. I will destroy cities. I will kill the people who live in them.” 9So ride your horses quickly into the battle! Drive your chariots as fast as they will go! Tell your soldiers to march forward into the battle. Send your soldiers of Ethiopia and Libya who carry shields. Send your soldiers of Lydia who have bows and arrows. 10But it is the Lord God Almighty who will win! It is the day when he will punish his enemies. His sword will completely destroy them, like a hungry person who cannot stop eating! His sword will cause a lot of blood to pour out. The Lord God Almighty will accept his enemies as a sacrifice. That is what will happen in the northern land beside the Euphrates river.

Jeremiah 46:8 word by word

מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ כַּיְאֹ֣ר יַֽעֲלֶ֔ה וְכַנְּהָר֖וֹת יִתְגֹּ֣עֲשׁוּ מָ֑יִם וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אַֽעֲלֶה֙ אֲכַסֶּה־אֶ֔רֶץ אֹבִ֥ידָה עִ֖יר וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• riseth upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• like a floodיְאֹרye'ôr · NileH2975
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• are movedגָּעַשׁgâ‛ash · to shakeH1607
• like the riversנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• and he saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• will coverכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• I will destroyאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and the inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Jeremiah 46:8

• Ezekiel 29:3Tell them, “The Almighty Lord says this: Listen, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, I have become your enemy. You are like the great monster that lies in Egypt's streams. You say, ‘The Nile river belongs to me! I made it for myself.’
• Ezekiel 32:2‘Son of man, sing a funeral song about Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Say this to him: “You have shown your power among the nations, like a strong lion. But really you are a monster who lives in the sea. You live in the rivers of your country. You beat the water with your feet. The water of your streams becomes dirty.
• Exodus 15:9The enemy said, “We will go after them. We will catch them. We will destroy them with our swords. We will do whatever we want to them. We will take all their valuable things for ourselves.”
• Isaiah 10:13The king of Assyria says this: ‘I have won these battles because of my own strength. I have been very wise and clever. I have marched into nations as if they had no borders. I have taken their valuable things for myself. Like a wild bull, I have removed kings from their thrones.
• Isaiah 37:24You have sent your servants to insult the Lord God. You have said, ‘I have taken all my chariots and I have gone up high mountains, the highest mountains in Lebanon. I have cut down its tall cedar trees, and I have cut down its best pine trees. I went up to its highest places, and I went far into its forests.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 46:8

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8Despite Pharaoh Neco's boasting and his soldiers' intimidating presence, his tactics neither confused the enemy nor won the battle (compare 1 Kings 20:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Answer to the question in Jr 46:7. waters ... moved like the rivers--The rise of the Nile is gentle; but at the mouth it, unlike most rivers, is much agitated, owing to the sandbanks impeding its course, and so it rushes into the sea like a cataract.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 46:8

• Euphrates
• War

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Harness
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)
• Euphrates
• Nebuchadnezzar, or Nebuchadrezzar
• Nile River, River of Egypt, the Nile

Commentaries on Jeremiah 46

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings