Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation It is Egypt, rising like the Nile, like a river flooding its banks. Egypt said, 'I will rise and cover the world; I will destroy cities and the people who live there. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. riseth Ezekiel 29:3 Speak, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I come against thee, Pharao king of Egypt, thou great dragon that liest in the midst of thy rivers, and sayest: The river is mine, and I made myself. Ezekiel 32:2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharao the king of Egypt, and say to him: Thou art like the lion of the nations, and the dragon that is in the sea: and thou didst push with the horn in thy rivers, and didst trouble the waters with thy feet, and didst trample upon their streams. I will go Exodus 15:9,10 The enemy said: I will pursue and overtake, I will divide the spoils, my soul shall have its fill: I will draw my sword, my hand shall slay them. . . . Isaiah 10:13-16 For he hath said: By the strength of my own hand I have done it, and by my own wisdom I have understood: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have taken the spoils of the princes, and as a mighty man hath pulled down them that sat on high. . . . Isaiah 37:24-26 By the hand of thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord: and hast said: With the multitude of my chariots I have gone up to the height of the mountains, to the top of Libanus: and I will cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees, and will enter to the top of its height, to the forest of its Carmel. . . . Context The Judgment on Egypt…7Who is this that cometh up as a flood: and his streams swell like those of rivers? 8Egypt 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.9Get ye up on horses, and glory in chariots, and let the valiant men come forth, the Ethiopians, and the Libyans that hold the shield, and the Lydians that take, and shoot arrows.… Cross References Isaiah 10:13 For he hath said: By the strength of my own hand I have done it, and by my own wisdom I have understood: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have taken the spoils of the princes, and as a mighty man hath pulled down them that sat on high. Isaiah 37:24 By the hand of thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord: and hast said: With the multitude of my chariots I have gone up to the height of the mountains, to the top of Libanus: and I will cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees, and will enter to the top of its height, to the forest of its Carmel. Ezekiel 32:2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharao the king of Egypt, and say to him: Thou art like the lion of the nations, and the dragon that is in the sea: and thou didst push with the horn in thy rivers, and didst trouble the waters with thy feet, and didst trample upon their streams. Daniel 11:10 And his sons shall be provoked, and they shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and he shall come with haste like a flood: and he shall return, and be stirred up, and he shall join battle with his force. Amos 8:8 The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works. Jump to Previous Cities City Cover Covering Destroy Destruction Earth Egypt Flood Heads Inhabitants Lifting Moved Nile Rise Rises Riseth Rivers Shake Surely Surge Themselves Thereof Toss WatersJump to Next Cities City Cover Covering Destroy Destruction Earth Egypt Flood Heads Inhabitants Lifting Moved Nile Rise Rises Riseth Rivers Shake Surely Surge Themselves Thereof Toss WatersLinks Jeremiah 46:8 NIVJeremiah 46:8 NLT Jeremiah 46:8 ESV Jeremiah 46:8 NASB Jeremiah 46:8 Bible Apps Jeremiah 46:8 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 46:8 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 46:8 French Bible Jeremiah 46:8 German Bible Alphabetical: about and cities city cover destroy earth Egypt Even has He I inhabitants its land like Nile of people' rise rises rivers said says She surely surge surging that the their waters whose will OT Prophets: Jeremiah 46:8 Egypt rises up like the Nile (Jer.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |