Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleEgypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’ Young's Literal Translation Egypt, as a flood cometh up, And as rivers the waters shake themselves. And he saith, I go up; I cover the land, I destroy the city and the inhabitants in it. King James Bible 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. Hebrew Egyptמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa rises יַֽעֲלֶ֔ה (ya·‘ă·leh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively like the Nile, כַּיְאֹ֣ר (kay·’ōr) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 2975: Nile -- a channel, a fosse, canal, shaft, the Nile, the Tigris and its waters מָ֑יִם (mā·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen churn יִתְגֹּ֣עֲשׁוּ (yiṯ·gō·‘ă·šū) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1607: To agitate violently like rivers, וְכַנְּהָר֖וֹת (wə·ḵan·nə·hā·rō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5104: A stream, prosperity boasting, וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “I will rise אַֽעֲלֶה֙ (’a·‘ă·leh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively and cover אֲכַסֶּה־ (’ă·ḵas·seh-) Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover the earth; אֶ֔רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land I will destroy אֹבִ֥ידָה (’ō·ḇî·ḏāh) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish the cities עִ֖יר (‘îr) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement and their people.” וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵי (wə·yō·šə·ḇê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry |