KJV King James Version
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?
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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?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”
WEB World English Bible
It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, ‘Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?’ Where will I seek comforters for you?”
ASV American Standard Version
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?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, Each of thy beholders fleeth from thee, And hath said: ‘Spoiled is Nineveh, Who doth bemoan for her?’ Whence do I seek comforters for thee?
Surrounding context — Nahum 3
4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
5 Behold, I [am] against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover 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 gazingstock.
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.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהָיָ֤הH1961 · ha.yahto beכָל־H3605 · kolallרֹאַ֙יִךְ֙H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeיִדּ֣וֹדH5074 · na.dadto wanderמִמֵּ֔ךְH4480 · minfromוְאָמַר֙H559 · a.marto sayשָׁדְּדָ֣הH7703 · sha.dadto ruinנִֽינְוֵ֔הH5210 · nin.vehNinevehמִ֖יH4310 · miwho?יָנ֣וּדH5110 · nudto wanderלָ֑הּH9034 · haherמֵאַ֛יִןH370 · a.yinwhere?אֲבַקֵּ֥שׁH1245 · ba.qashto seekמְנַחֲמִ֖יםH5162 · na.chamto be sorry: comfortלָֽךְ׃H9032 · khyou
Cross-references
Isaiah 51:19These two [things] are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?Jeremiah 15:5For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?Revelation 18:10Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.Jeremiah 51:9We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up [even] to the skies.Lamentations 2:13What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach [is] great like the sea: who can heal thee?Numbers 16:34And all Israel that [were] round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up [also].Nahum 2:9-10Take 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.Nahum 1:1The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.Jeremiah 51:41-43How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!Revelation 18:16-19And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
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