Jeremiah 46:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁸ Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers. He boasts, ‘I will go up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities with their residents.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Egypt rises like the Nile, like the rivers whose waters surge and toss. She says, I will rise, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

⁸ It’s Egypt that rises like the Nile, whose banks overflow, who declares, “I will arise and cover the earth and destroy cities and inhabitants.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Egypt ascends in the form of a river, and its waves will be moved like those of a river. And he will say: 'I will ascend and cover the earth! I will perish the city and its inhabitants!'

Jeremiah 46:8 Cross References

Ezekiel 29:3

Speak to him and say, “This is what the Lord God says: Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster  , lying in the middle of his Nile, who says, ‘My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.’

Ezekiel 32:2

‘Son of man, lament  for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him, “You compare yourself to a lion of the nations, but  you are like a monster  , in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churn up the waters with your feet, and muddy the   rivers.

Daniel 11:10

‘His sons will mobilise for war and assemble a large number of armed forces. They will advance, sweeping through like a flood,  , and will again wage war as far as his fortress.

Amos 8:8

Because of this, won’t the land quake and all who dwell in it mourn? All of it will rise like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.