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
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 Are you better than Thebes[a](A)
that sat along the Nile
with water surrounding her,
whose rampart was the sea,
the river[b][c] her wall?
9 Cush and Egypt were her endless source of strength;
Put and Libya were among her[d] allies.
10 Yet she became an exile;
she went into captivity.
Her children were also dashed to pieces(B)
at the head of every street.
They cast lots for her dignitaries,(C)
and all her nobles were bound in chains.
11 You[e] also will become drunk;
you will hide yourself.[f]
You also will seek refuge from the enemy.
Footnotes
- Nahum 3:8 Or No-amon
- Nahum 3:8 LXX, Syr, Vg read water
- Nahum 3:8 Lit sea from sea
- Nahum 3:9 Lit your
- Nahum 3:11 = Nineveh
- Nahum 3:11 Or will be overcome
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