Jer Jeremiah, chapter Book of Jeremiah, chapter 46
“Its sound moves along like a serpent;
For they move on 46:22 Or in forcelike an army
And come to her as woodcutters with axes.
Jeremiah 46:22 in different translations
English
KJV (66 books)
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.
ASV
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.
BSB
Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.
DRA
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.
FBV
The Egyptians will retreat with a rustle like a snake sliding away, because the enemy will attack them with axes, coming at them like wood-cutters chopping down trees.
GNV
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.
JPS
The sound thereof shall go like the serpent's; for they march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
LSV
Its voice goes on as a serpent, || For they go with a force, || And they have come in to her with axes, || As hewers of trees.
NIV (US)
Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent as the enemy advances in force; they will come against her with axes, like men who cut down trees.
OJB
The noise thereof shall go like a nachash; for they [her enemies] shall march in force, and come against her with axes, as choppers of wood.
T4T
The soldiers of Egypt will run away, as silently as a snake scurries/crawls away. The army of the enemy will advance; they will march along carrying their axes like [SIM] men who cut down trees.
WEB (US)
Its sound will go like the serpent, for they will march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.
Russian
РСП (66 кн.)
Голос его несется, как змеиный; они идут с войском, придут на него с топорами, как дровосеки;
НРП
Зашипит Египет, как уползающий змей, так как близятся вражьи войска, и пойдут они на него с топорами, как дровосеки.
Заокская (Кулаков)
Египет шипит, как змея, которая ускользает, ибо спешат враги ее с войском, идут на нее с топорами, подобно дровосекам.
СП (БЛ)
Египет словно шипящая змея, пытающаяся уползти. Враг всё ближе и ближе подходит, и египетское войско пытается ускользнуть. Враги нападут на Египет с топорами, и порубят его, как дровосеки рубят лес”».