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And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

And now what hast thou to do in the way {H1870} of Egypt {H4714}, to drink {H8354} the waters {H4325} of Sihor {H7883}? or what hast thou to do in the way {H1870} of Assyria {H804}, to drink {H8354} the waters {H4325} of the river {H5104}?

If you go to Egypt, what's in it for you? Drinking water from the Nile? If you go to Ashur, what's in it for you? Drinking water from the [Euphrates] River?

Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?

And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 13:3 (4 votes)

    From Sihor, which [is] before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, [which] is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

  • Hosea 7:11 (3 votes)

    Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

  • Isaiah 31:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

  • Jeremiah 2:36 (3 votes)

    Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

  • Hosea 5:13 (2 votes)

    When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

  • Lamentations 4:17 (2 votes)

    As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation [that] could not save [us].

  • Ezekiel 17:15 (2 votes)

    But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such [things]? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?