(A)Are you better than (B)No[a] Amon
That was situated by the [b]River,
That had the waters around her,
Whose rampart was the sea,
Whose wall was the sea?

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:8 Ancient Thebes; Tg., Vg. populous Alexandria
  2. Nahum 3:8 Lit. rivers, the Nile and the surrounding canals

Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

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(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?

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:8 Hebrew No-amon