Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 46:20
American Standard Version
Egypt is a very fair heifer; `but' destruction out of the north is come, it is come.
Amplified® Bible
Egypt is a very fair heifer [like Apis the bull-god, to which the country is, so to speak, espoused], but destruction [a gadfly] is coming--out of the north it is coming [against her]!
Contemporary English Version
An enemy from the north will attack you, beautiful Egypt, like a fly biting a cow.
Darby English Version
Egypt is a very fair heifer; the gad-fly cometh, it cometh from the north.
Good News Bible
Egypt is like a splendid cow, attacked by a stinging fly from the north.
King James Version
Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
New American Standard Bible
"Egypt is a pretty heifer, {But} a horsefly is coming from the north--it is coming!
New International Version
"Egypt is a beautiful heifer,
but a gadfly is coming
against her from the north.
New King James Version
“ Egypt is a very pretty heifer,
But destruction comes, it comes from the north.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Egypt resembles a pretty heifer, But a horsefly will come from the north--it comes!
Revised Standard Version
"A beautiful heifer is Egypt, but a gadfly from the north has come upon her.
Young's Literal Translation
A heifer very fair `is' Egypt, Rending from the north doth come into her.