Nahum 3 - Darby Translation (DARBY)

3 Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies [and] violence; the prey departeth not.

2 The crack of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the bounding chariots!

3 The horseman springing up, and the glitter of the sword, and the flash of the spear, and a multitude of slain, and a mass of carcases, and no end of corpses: they stumble over their corpses.

4 —Because of the multitude of the fornications of the well-favoured harlot, mistress of sorceries, that selleth nations through her fornications, and families through her sorceries,

5 behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts; and I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing stock.

7 And it shall come to pass, [that] all they that see thee shall flee from thee, and shall say, Nineveh is laid waste! Who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

8 Art thou better than No-Amon, that was situate among the rivers, [that had] the waters round about her, whose rampart was the sea, [and] of the sea was her wall?

9 Ethiopia was her strength, and Egypt, and it was infinite; Phut and the Libyans were her helpers.

10 She too was carried away, she went into captivity: her infants also were dashed in pieces, at the top of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound with chains.

11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek a refuge from the enemy.

12 All thy strongholds are [like] fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they even fall into the mouth of the eater.

13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are [as] women: the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies; the fire devoureth thy bars.

14 Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln.

15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the cankerworm. Make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locust.

16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants more than the stars of the heavens; the cankerworm spreadeth himself out and flieth away.

17 Thy chosen men are as the locusts, and thy captains as swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day: when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy nobles lie still; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

19 There is no healing of thy breach; thy wound is grievous; all that hear the report of thee clap the hands over thee; for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

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Nahum 3 - Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

3 Wo [to] the city of blood, She is all with lies -- burglary -- full, Prey doth not depart. 2 The sound of a whip, And the sound of the rattling of a wheel, And of a prancing horse, and of a bounding chariot, Of a horseman mounting. 3 And the flame of a sword, and the lightning of a spear, And the ...
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Nahum 3 - Wycliffe Bible (WYC)

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Nahum 3 - World English Bible (WEB)

3 Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn’t depart. 2 The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots, 3 the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great ...
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Nahum 3 - The Voice (VOICE)

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Nahum 3 - Tree of Life Version (TLV)

City of Corpses3 Oy, bloody city!Full of deceit, full of plunder.The prey never departs.2 Crack of whip,rattling of wheels,horse galloping,chariot jolting,3 horseman climbing up,blade of sword and flash of spear,many slain, a mass of corpses—no end to the corpses—they stumble over their corpses! The...
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Nahum 3 - Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

Ruin Imminent and Inevitable3 Woe to the bloody city,all full of lies and booty— no end to the plunder!2 The crack of whip, and rumble of wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!3 Horsemen charging, flashing sword and glittering spear,hosts of slain, heaps of corpses,dead bodies without end— the...
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Nahum 3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Nahum 3 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

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Nahum 3 - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)

Ruin Imminent and Inevitable3 Ah! City of bloodshed, utterly deceitful, full of booty— no end to the plunder!2 The crack of whip and rumble of wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!3 Horsemen charging, flashing sword and glittering spear,piles of dead, heaps of corpses,dead bodies without end—...
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Nahum 3 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

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Nahum 3 - New Living Translation (NLT)

The Lord’s Judgment against Nineveh3 What sorrow awaits Nineveh, the city of murder and lies!She is crammed with wealth and is never without victims.2 Hear the crack of whips, the rumble of wheels!Horses’ hooves pound, and chariots clatter wildly.3 See the flashing swords and glittering spears as th...
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Nahum 3 - New Life Version (NLV)

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Nahum 3 - New King James Version (NKJV)

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Nahum 3 - New International Version - UK (NIVUK)

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Nahum 3 - New International Version (NIV)

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Nahum 3 - New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

The Lord Will Judge Nineveh3 How terrible it will be for Nineveh! It is a city of murderers!It is full of liars! It is filled with stolen goods! The killing never stops!2 Whips crack! Wheels clack!Horses charge! Chariots rumble!3 Horsemen attack! Swords flash! Spears gleam!Many people die. Dead bodi...
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Nahum 3 - New Century Version (NCV)

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