KJV King James Version
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
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Nahum 2:12
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.
WEB World English Bible
The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill, and his dens with prey.
ASV American Standard Version
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The lion is tearing parts for his whelps, And is strangling for his lionesses, And he doth fill with prey his holes, And his habitations with rapine.
Surrounding context — Nahum 2
9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for [there is] none end of the store [and] glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain [is] in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
11 Where [is] the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, [even] the old lion, walked, [and] the lion’s whelp, and none made [them] afraid?
12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
13 Behold, I [am] against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
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אַרְיֵ֤הH738 · a.rilionטֹרֵף֙H2963 · ta.raphto tearבְּדֵ֣יH1767 · daysufficiencyגֹֽרוֹתָ֔יוH1484 · gorwhelpוּמְחַנֵּ֖קH2614 · cha.naqto strangleלְלִבְאֹתָ֑יוH3833 · le.vilionוַיְמַלֵּא־H4390 · ma.leto fillטֶ֣רֶףH2964 · te.rephpreyחֹרָ֔יוH2356 · chorholeוּמְעֹֽנֹתָ֖יוH4585 · me.o.nahhabitationטְרֵפָֽה׃H2966 · te.re.phahtorn animal
Cross-references
Jeremiah 51:34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.Psalm 17:12Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.Isaiah 10:6-14I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
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