Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleEgypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her. Young's Literal Translation A heifer very fair [is] Egypt, Rending from the north doth come into her. King James Bible Egypt [is like] a very fair heifer, [but] destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north. Hebrew Egyptמִצְרָ֑יִם (miṣ·rā·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa is a beautiful פִיָּ֖ה (p̄î·yāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 3304: Very beautiful heifer, עֶגְלָ֥ה (‘eḡ·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5697: A, calf, one nearly grown but a gadfly קֶ֥רֶץ (qe·reṣ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7171: Perhaps nipping from the north מִצָּפ֖וֹן (miṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter is coming against her. בָּ֥א (bā) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go |