Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bibletherefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush. Young's Literal Translation Therefore, lo, I [am] against thee, and against thy floods, And have given the land of Egypt for wastes, A waste, a desolation, from Migdol to Syene, And unto the border of Cush. King James Bible Behold, therefore I [am] against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste [and] desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. Hebrew thereforeלָכֵ֛ן (lā·ḵên) Adverb Strong's 3651: So -- thus I am הִנְנִ֥י (hin·nî) Interjection | first person common singular Strong's 2005: Lo! behold! against you אֵלֶ֖יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to and against וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to your rivers. יְאֹרֶ֑יךָ (yə·’ō·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2975: Nile -- a channel, a fosse, canal, shaft, the Nile, the Tigris I will turn וְנָתַתִּ֞י (wə·nā·ṯat·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set the land אֶ֣רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 776: Earth, land of Egypt מִצְרַ֗יִם (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa into a ruin, לְחָרְבוֹת֙ (lə·ḥā·rə·ḇō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 2723: Waste, desolation, ruin a desolate שְׁמָמָ֔ה (šə·mā·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8077: Devastation, astonishment wasteland חֹ֣רֶב (ḥō·reḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2721: Dryness, drought, heat from Migdol מִמִּגְדֹּ֥ל (mim·miḡ·dōl) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4024: Migdol -- a city on the southeast border of Egypt to Syene, סְוֵנֵ֖ה (sə·wê·nêh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5482: Syene -- a city on the southern border of Egypt and as far as וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while the border גְּב֥וּל (gə·ḇūl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1366: A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed of Cush. כּֽוּשׁ׃ (kūš) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3568: A son of Ham, also his descendants, also a land in the southern Nile Valley |