Jeremiah 46:22New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Its sound moves along like a serpent; For they move on like an army And come to her as woodcutters with axes.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Her voice shall go like a serpent's; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Her noise, like a serpent, departeth,—For, with a force, they advance, And, with axes, have they come against her, like them who fell trees:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Its voice as a serpent goeth on, For with a force they go, And with axes they have come in to her, As hewers of trees.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Her voice shall sound like brass, for they shall hasten with an army, and with axes they shall come against her, as hewers of wood.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The voyce thereof shall goe foorth like a serpent: for they shall march with an armie, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The voice thereof shall goe like a serpent, for they shall march with an armie, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The sound of the army is like that of a serpent when it creeps; for they shall march with an army and come against her with axes, like hewers of trees.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Their voice is as [that] of a hissing serpent, for they go upon the sand; they shall come upon Mizraim{gr.Egypt} with axes, as men that cut wood.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. |
The voice
6963 {6963} Primeקוֹלqowl{kole}
From an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.
thereof shall go
y3212 [3212] Standardיָלַךyalak{yaw-lak'}
A primitive root (compare H1980); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively to carry (in various senses).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
x1980 (1980) Complementהָלַךְhalak{haw-lak'}
Akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively).
like a serpent;
5175 {5175} Primeנָחָשׁnachash{naw-khawsh'}
From H5172; a snake (from its hiss).
for
x3588 (3588) Complementכִּיkiy{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
they shall march
y3212 [3212] Standardיָלַךyalak{yaw-lak'}
A primitive root (compare H1980); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively to carry (in various senses).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
x1980 (1980) Complementהָלַךְhalak{haw-lak'}
Akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively).
with an army,
2428 {2428} Primeחַיִלchayil{khah'-yil}
From H2342; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength.
and come
935 {0935} Primeבּוֹאbow'{bo}
A primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
against her with axes,
7134 {7134} Primeקַרְדֹּםqardom{kar-dome'}
Perhaps from H6923 in the sense of striking upon; an axe.
as hewers
2404 {2404} Primeחָטַבchatab{khaw-tab'}
A primitive root; to chop or carve wood.
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
of wood.
6086 {6086} Primeעֵץ`ets{ates}
From H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence wood (plural sticks). |
Jeremiah 46:22
_ _ The cry of Egypt when invaded shall be like the hissing of a serpent roused by the woodcutters from its lair. No longer shall she loudly roar like a heifer, but with a low murmur of fear, as a serpent hissing.
_ _ with axes — the Scythian mode of armor. The Chaldeans shall come with such confidence as if not about to have to fight with soldiers, but merely to cut down trees offering no resistance. |
Jeremiah 46:22
Its voice shall go like a (s) serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against (t) her with axes, as hewers of wood.
(s) They will be scarcely able to speak for fear of the Chaldeans.
(t) Meaning Egypt. |
- voice:
Isaiah 29:4 And thou shalt be brought down, [and] shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
Micah 1:8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
Micah 7:16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay [their] hand upon [their] mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
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- and come:
Jeremiah 51:20-23 Thou [art] my battle axe [and] weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; ... I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
Isaiah 10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? [or] shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake [itself] against them that lift it up, [or] as if the staff should lift up [itself, as if it were] no wood.
Isaiah 10:33-34 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature [shall be] hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. ... And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
Isaiah 14:8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, [and] the cedars of Lebanon, [saying], Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
Isaiah 37:24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, [and] the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, [and] the forest of his Carmel.
Zechariah 11:2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
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