Jeremiah 46:7

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“Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?”

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BSBPD

“Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Who is this? as a flood he cometh up, As rivers do his waters shake themselves!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 46:7 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Song of Solomon 3:6Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
  2. Song of Solomon 8:5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
  3. Isaiah 8:7the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates— the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
  4. Isaiah 63:1Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
  5. Jeremiah 47:2This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail
  6. Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
  7. Daniel 11:22Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.
  8. Amos 8:8Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.
  9. Revelation 12:15Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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