Parallel JER 46:8

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OEB It is Egypt that rose like the Nile,
 ⇔ Whose waters toll like floods.
 ⇔ " I will rise, I will cover the earth,
 ⇔ And destroy," said he, "her inhabitants.

WEBBE Egypt rises up like the Nile,
 ⇔ like rivers whose waters surge.
 ⇔ He says, ‘I will rise up. I will cover the earth.
 ⇔ I will destroy cities and its inhabitants.’

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Egypt rises like the Nile,
 ⇔ like its streams turbulent at flood stage.
 ⇔ Egypt says, ‘I will arise and cover the earth.
 ⇔ I will destroy cities and the people who inhabit them.’

LSV Egypt comes up as a flood,
And the waters shake themselves as rivers. And he says, I go up; I cover the land, I destroy the city and the inhabitants in it.

FBV Egypt is rising like the Nile; its waters swirl like flooding rivers, boasting, “I will rise and sweep over the earth; I will destroy towns and the people in them.”

T4T It is the army of Egypt
 ⇔ that will be covering the land like a surging/huge flood,
 ⇔ and they will boast that they will cover the earth
 ⇔ and will destroy cities and the people who live in them.

LEB  •  even like the rivers whose waters surge. •  And he says, “Let me rise, •  let me cover the earth, •  let me destroy cities, •  and the inhabitants in them.”

BBE Egypt is coming up like the Nile, and his waters are lifting their heads like the rivers, and he says, I will go up, covering the earth; I will send destruction on the town and its people.

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS Egypt is like the Nile that riseth up, and like the rivers whose waters toss themselves; and he saith: 'I will rise up, I will cover the earth, I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.'

ASV Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof.

DRA Egypt riseth up like a flood, and the waves thereof shall be moved as rivers, and he shall say: I will go up and will cover the earth: I will destroy the city, and its inhabitants.

YLT 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.

Drby It is Egypt that riseth up as the Nile, and [his] waters toss themselves like the rivers; and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

RV Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

Wbstr 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 its inhabitants.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 Egypt riseth vp like a flood, and his waters are moued like the riuers, and he saith, I wil goe vp, and will couer the earth, I will destroy the citie and the inhabitants thereof.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps It is Egypt that ryseth vp lyke the fludde, and casteth out the waters with so great noyse: And he saide, I wyll go vp and wyll couer the earth, I wyll destroy the citie with them that are therin.
   (It is Egypt that ryseth up like the fludde, and casteth out the waters with so great noyse: And he said, I will go up and will cover the earth, I will destroy the city with them that are therein.)

Gnva Egypt riseth vp like the flood, and his waters are mooued like the riuers, and he sayth, I wil goe vp, and will couer the earth: I wil destroy the citie with them that dwell therein.
   (Egypt riseth up like the flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers, and he sayth, I will go up, and will cover the earth: I will destroy the city with them that dwell therein. )

Cvdl It is Egipte that ryseth vp like the floude, and casteth out the waters with so greate noyse. For they saye: We will go vp, and will couer the earth: we wil destroye ye cities, with them that dwell therin.
   (It is Egypt that ryseth up like the flood, and casteth out the waters with so great noyse. For they say: We will go up, and will cover the earth: we will destroy ye/you_all cities, with them that dwell therein.)

Wycl Egipte stiede at the licnesse of a flood, and hise wawis schulen be mouyd as floodis; and it schal seie, Y schal stie, and hile the erthe; Y schal leese the citee, and dwelleris therof.
   (Egypt stiede at the licnesse of a flood, and his wawis should be moved as floodis; and it shall say, I shall stie, and hile the earth; I shall lose the city, and dwellers thereof.)

Luth Ägypten zog herauf wie ein Strom, und seine Wellen erhuben sich wie des Wassers und sprach: Ich will hinaufziehen, das Land bedecken und die Stadt verderben samt denen, die drinnen wohnen.
   (Egypt pulled herauf like a Strom, and his Wellen erhuben itself/yourself/themselves like the waters and spoke: I will hinaufziehen, the Land cover and the city verderben samt denen, the drinnen reside.)

ClVg Ægyptus fluminis instar ascendit, et velut flumina movebuntur fluctus ejus, et dicet: Ascendens operiam terram: perdam civitatem, et habitatores ejus.
   (Ægyptus fluminis instar went_up, and velut flumina movebuntur wave his, and dicet: Ascendens operiam the_earth/land: perdam civitatem, and habitatores his. )