Many scholars believe these wild beasts are a metaphor that refers to the people of Egypt. This can be made explicit. AT: "the people of Egypt who are like wild beasts in the reeds" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
The peoples of other nations are spoken of as if they were a large group of cattle. AT: "the powerful nations, who are like herds of bulls" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# scatter
to disperse or to cause something to spread quickly in different direction