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Nahum 3:8-11
English Standard Version
Nahum 3:8-11
English Standard Version
8 (A)Are you better than (B)Thebes[a]
that sat (C)by the Nile,
with water around her,
her rampart a sea,
and water her wall?
9 (D)Cush was her strength;
Egypt too, and that without limit;
(E)Put and the (F)Libyans were her[b] helpers.
10 (G)Yet she became an exile;
she went into captivity;
(H)her infants were dashed in pieces
at the head of every street;
for her honored men (I)lots were cast,
(J)and all her great men were bound in chains.
11 (K)You also will be drunken;
you will go into hiding;
(L)you will seek a refuge from the enemy.
Nahum 3:8-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Nahum 3:8-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
8 Are you better than Thebes[a]
that sat by the Nile,
with water around her,
her rampart a sea,
water her wall?(A)
9 Cush was her strength,
Egypt, too, and that without limit;
Put and the Libyans were her[b] helpers.(B)
10 Yet she became an exile;
she went into captivity;
even her infants were dashed in pieces
at the head of every street;
lots were cast for her nobles;
all her dignitaries were bound in fetters.(C)
11 You also will be drunken;
you will go into hiding;[c]
you will seek
a refuge from the enemy.(D)
Nahum 3:8-11
New International Version
Nahum 3:8-11
New International Version
8 Are you better than(A) Thebes,(B)
situated on the Nile,(C)
with water around her?
The river was her defense,
the waters her wall.
9 Cush[a](D) and Egypt were her boundless strength;
Put(E) and Libya(F) were among her allies.
10 Yet she was taken captive(G)
and went into exile.
Her infants were dashed(H) to pieces
at every street corner.
Lots(I) were cast for her nobles,
and all her great men were put in chains.(J)
11 You too will become drunk;(K)
you will go into hiding(L)
and seek refuge from the enemy.
Footnotes
- Nahum 3:9 That is, the upper Nile region
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