KJV King James Version
[There is] no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
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Nahum 3:19
[There is] no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?
WEB World English Bible
There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you; for who hasn’t felt your endless cruelty?
ASV American Standard Version
There is no assuaging of thy hurt: thy wound is grievous: all that hear the report of thee clap their hands over thee; for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
There is no weakening of thy destruction, Grievous is thy smiting, All hearing thy fame have clapped the hand at thee, For over whom did not thy wickedness pass continually?
Surrounding context — Nahum 3
16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
17 Thy crowned [are] as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, [but] 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 shall dwell [in the dust]: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth [them].
19 [There is] no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
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אֵין־H369 · a.yinnothingכֵּהָ֣הH3545 · ke.haheasingלְשִׁבְרֶ֔ךָH7667 · she.verbreakingנַחְלָ֖הH2470 · cha.lahbe weak: weakמַכָּתֶ֑ךָH4347 · mak.kahwoundכֹּ֣ל׀H3605 · kolallשֹׁמְעֵ֣יH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearשִׁמְעֲךָ֗H8088 · she.masoundתָּ֤קְעוּH8628 · ta.qato blowכַף֙H3709 · kaphpalmעָלֶ֔יךָH5921 · aluponכִּ֗יH3588 · kiforעַל־H5921 · aluponמִ֛יH4310 · miwho?לֹֽא־H3808 · lonotעָבְרָ֥הH5674 · a.varto passרָעָתְךָ֖H7451 · rabad: harmfulתָּמִֽיד׃H8548 · ta.midcontinually
Cross-references
Micah 1:9For her wound [is] incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, [even] to Jerusalem.Lamentations 2:15All that pass by clap [their] hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, [saying, Is] this the city that [men] call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?Isaiah 37:18Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,Job 27:23[Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.Jeremiah 46:11Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; [for] thou shalt not be cured.Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, [thou] heaven, and [ye] holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.Revelation 17:2With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.Ezekiel 30:21-22Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.Jeremiah 10:22Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, [and] a den of dragons.Isaiah 14:8-21Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, [and] the cedars of Lebanon, [saying], Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.Jeremiah 30:13-15[There is] none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.Nahum 2:11-12Where [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?Revelation 13:7And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.Revelation 18:2-3And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.Ezekiel 25:6For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped [thine] hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;Zephaniah 2:13-15And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, [and] dry like a wilderness.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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