KJV King James Version
Ethiopia and Egypt [were] her strength, and [it was] infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
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Nahum 3:9
Ethiopia and Egypt [were] her strength, and [it was] infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.
WEB World English Bible
Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.
ASV American Standard Version
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Cush her might, and Egypt, and there is no end. Put and Lubim have been for thy help.
Surrounding context — Nahum 3
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.
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.
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Ezekiel 30:5Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.Ezekiel 27:10They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.Ezekiel 38:5Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:Isaiah 20:5And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.2 Chronicles 12:3With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people [were] without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.Genesis 10:6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.Jeremiah 46:9Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle [and] bend the bow.1 Chronicles 1:8The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
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