KJV King James Version
Yet [was] she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children 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 in chains.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Nahum 3:10
Yet [was] she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children 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 in chains.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.
WEB World English Bible
Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
ASV American Standard Version
Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity; her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Even she doth become an exile, She hath gone into captivity, Even her sucklings are dashed to pieces At the top of all out-places, And for her honoured ones they cast a lot, And all her great ones have been bound in fetters.
Surrounding context — Nahum 3
7 And it shall come to pass, [that] all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
8 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?
9 Ethiopia and Egypt [were] her strength, and [it was] infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
10 Yet [was] she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children 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 in chains.
11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.
12 All thy strong holds [shall be like] fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee [are] women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
גַּם־H1571 · gamalsoהִ֗יאH1931 · huhe/she/itלַגֹּלָה֙H1473 · go.lahcaptivityהָלְכָ֣הH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבַשֶּׁ֔בִיH7628 · she.vicaptivityגַּ֧םH1571 · gamalsoעֹלָלֶ֛יהָH5768 · o.lelinfantיְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּH7376 · ra.tashto dash in piecesבְּרֹ֣אשׁH7218 · roshheadכָּל־H3605 · kolallחוּצ֑וֹתH2351 · chutsoutsideוְעַל־H5921 · aluponנִכְבַּדֶּ֙יהָ֙H3513 · ka.vadto honor: honourיַדּ֣וּH3032 · ya.dadto cast a lotגוֹרָ֔לH1486 · go.ralallottedוְכָל־H3605 · kolallגְּדוֹלֶ֖יהָH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeרֻתְּק֥וּH7576 · ra.taqto bindבַזִּקִּֽים׃H2131 · zi.qahmissile
Cross-references
Isaiah 20:4So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with [their] buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.Obadiah 1:11In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou [wast] as one of them.Joel 3:3And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.Hosea 13:16Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.Isaiah 13:16Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.2 Kings 8:12And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.Psalm 33:16-17There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.Lamentations 4:1How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.Amos 1:13Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:Isaiah 13:6Howl ye; for the day of the LORD [is] at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.Psalm 137:8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
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