KJV King James Version
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?
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Nahum 3:8
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?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
WEB World English Bible
Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?
ASV American Standard Version
Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Art thou better than No-Ammon, That is dwelling among brooks? Waters she hath round about her, Whose bulwark is the sea, waters her wall.
Surrounding context — Nahum 3
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.
11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.
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הֲתֵֽיטְבִי֙H3190 · ya.tavbe goodמִנֹּ֣אH4996 · noThebesאָמ֔וֹןH528 · a.monAmonהַיֹּֽשְׁבָה֙H3427 · ya.shavto dwellבַּיְאֹרִ֔יםH2975 · ye.orNileמַ֖יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterסָבִ֣יבH5439 · sa.vivaroundלָ֑הּH9034 · haherאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichחֵ֣ילH2426 · chelrampartיָ֔םH3220 · yamseaמִיָּ֖םH3220 · yamseaחוֹמָתָֽהּ׃H2346 · cho.mahwall
Cross-references
Amos 6:2Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: [be they] better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?Ezekiel 30:14-16And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.Ezekiel 31:2-3Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?Isaiah 19:5-10And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.Jeremiah 46:25-26The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and [all] them that trust in him:
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