KJV King James Version
And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead [her] as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
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Nahum 2:7
And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead [her] as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.
WEB World English Bible
It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
ASV American Standard Version
And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it is established—she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.
Surrounding context — Nahum 2
4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead [her] as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
8 But Nineveh [is] of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, [shall they cry]; but none shall look back.
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.
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וְהֻצַּ֖בH5324 · na.tsavto standגֻּלְּתָ֣הH1540 · ga.lahHeglamהֹֽעֲלָ֑תָהH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseוְאַמְהֹתֶ֗יהָH519 · a.mahmaidservantמְנַֽהֲגוֹת֙H5090 · na.hagto leadכְּק֣וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceיוֹנִ֔יםH3123 · yo.nahdoveמְתֹפְפֹ֖תH8608 · ta.phaphto beatעַל־H5921 · aluponלִבְבֵהֶֽן׃H3824 · le.vavheart
Cross-references
Isaiah 38:14Like a crane [or] a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.Isaiah 59:11We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but [there is] none; for salvation, [but] it is far off from us.Luke 23:48And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.Isaiah 32:12They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.Luke 23:27And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
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