Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Now they are fleeing;
“Stop, stop,”
But
King James Version
But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
Holman Bible
from her first days,
but they are fleeing.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
but no one turns back.
International Standard Version
Nineveh is a reservoir whose water is draining away. "Wait! Wait!" they cry, yet not even one person looks back.
A Conservative Version
But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water. Yet they flee away. Stand, stand, [they cry], but none looks back.
American Standard Version
But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry ; but none looketh back.
Amplified
Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days,
Now her inhabitants are fleeing;
“Stop! Stop!” [a few cry,]
But no one turns back.
Bible in Basic English
But Nineveh is like a pool of water whose waters are flowing away; Keep your place, they say; but no one is turning back.
Darby Translation
Nineveh hath been like a pool of water, since the day she existed, yet they flee away. ... Stand! Stand! But none looketh back.
Julia Smith Translation
And Nineveh it is as a pool of water from the days, and they fleeing, stood: they stood, and none looking back.
King James 2000
Though Nineveh was of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Nineveh [is] like a pool of water without its water. {As they flee}, [she cries,] "Stop! Stop!" But there is no one who turns back.
Modern King James verseion
But Nineveh is like a pool of water from her days; yet they are fleeing. Halt! Halt! they cry, but none looks back.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Nineveh is like a pool full of water, but then shall they be fain to flee. "Stand, stand," shall they cry, and there shall not one turn back.
NET Bible
Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, but now her people are running away; she cries out: "Stop! Stop!" -- but no one turns back.
New Heart English Bible
But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. "Stop. Stop." they cry, but no one looks back.
The Emphasized Bible
Yet, as for Nineveh, like a reservoir of waters, are her waters, - but, those men, are in flight! Stand! stand but no one is turning.
Webster
But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
World English Bible
But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one looks back.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Nineveh is as a pool of waters, From of old it is -- and they are fleeing! 'Stand ye, stand;' and none is turning!
Interlinear
Nuwc
Word Count of 20 Translations in Nahum 2:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Nineveh's Treasures Will Be Taken
7
She is stripped, she is carried away,
And her handmaids are
Now they are fleeing;
“Stop, stop,”
But
Plunder the
For there is no limit to the treasure—
Wealth from every kind of desirable object.
Cross References
Genesis 10:11
From that land he went forth
Isaiah 13:14
Or like
They will each turn to his own people,
And each one flee to his own land.
Isaiah 47:13
Let now the
Those who prophesy by the stars,
Those who predict by the new moons,
Stand up and
Isaiah 48:20
Declare with the sound of
Say, “
Jeremiah 46:5
They are terrified,
They are
And their
And have taken refuge in flight,
Without facing back;
Declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:16
And the one who wields the sickle at the time of harvest;
From before
And they will each flee to his own land.
Jeremiah 51:13
Abundant in
Your end has come,
The
Jeremiah 51:30
They stay in the strongholds;
They are becoming
Their dwelling places are set on fire,
The
Nahum 3:17
Your
Settling in the stone walls on a cold day.
The sun rises and they flee,
And the place where they are is not known.
Revelation 17:1
Revelation 17:15
And he *said to me, “The