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Jeremiah 46:7

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

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מִיmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.זֶ֖הzehthe one...the otherזֶהpronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…כַּיְאֹ֣רkayoras riverיְאֹרpreposition, with the article, noun, proper name — “as river”H2975a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyriabrook, flood, river, stream.יַֽעֲלֶ֑הyaalehascend upעָלָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “ascend up”, an unfinished actionH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…כַּנְּהָר֕וֹתkanharotas floodנָהָרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as flood”, the ordinary formH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.יִֽתְגָּעֲשׁ֖וּyitgaashvmoveגָּעַשׁverb, hithpael, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “move”, an unfinished actionH1607to agitate violentlymove, shake, toss, trouble.מֵימָֽיוmeymayvwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “water”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

“Who is this who rises up like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?

Darby Translation

Who is this [that] riseth up as the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?

Douay-Rheims

Who is this that cometh up as a flood: and his streams swell like those of rivers?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)