Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Take the silver! Take the gold! There is no end to the treasure fabulous riches of every imagination.
New American Standard Bible
Plunder the
For there is no limit to the treasure—
Wealth from every kind of desirable object.
King James Version
Take 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.
Holman Bible
There is no end to the treasure,
an abundance of every precious thing.
A Conservative Version
Take ye the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold. For there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
American Standard Version
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
Amplified
Plunder the silver!
Plunder the gold!
For there is no end to the treasure—
Wealth from every precious object.
Bible in Basic English
Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.
Darby Translation
Plunder the silver, plunder the gold; for there is no end of the splendid store of all precious vessels.
Julia Smith Translation
They plundered silver, they plundered gold: and no end to her splendid equipage; glory from all the vessels of desire.
King James 2000
Take the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is no end of treasure or wealth out of all the precious things.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! There is no end to the spoils, an abundance of {everything one could want}!
Modern King James verseion
Seize the silver; seize the gold; for there is no end to the treasures; riches from all precious vessels.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Away with the silver, away with the gold: for here is no end of treasure. There shall be a multitude of all manner costly ornaments.
NET Bible
Her conquerors cry out: "Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!" There is no end to the treasure; riches of every kind of precious thing.
New Heart English Bible
Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
The Emphasized Bible
Plunder silver, plunder gold, - and there is no end to the costly furnishing, rich with every article of delight.
Webster
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is no end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
World English Bible
Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
Youngs Literal Translation
Seize ye silver, seize ye gold, And there is no end to the prepared things, To the abundance of all desirable vessels.
Interlinear
Bazaz
Bazaz
Qatseh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Nahum 2:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Nineveh's Treasures Will Be Taken
8 Nineveh is a reservoir whose water is draining away. "Wait! Wait!" they cry, yet not even one person looks back. 9 Take the silver! Take the gold! There is no end to the treasure fabulous riches of every imagination. 10 Nineveh is devastated, deserted, and desolate. Her heart melts, her knees knock. Every stomach is upset, every face grows pale.
Names
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:10
At the beginning of the next year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, along with valuable articles from the LORD's Temple, and he installed Jehoiachin's relative Zedekiah as king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Isaiah 33:1
"How terrible it will be for you, destroyer, you who have not been destroyed yourself! And how terrible it will be for you, traitor, one whom people have not betrayed! When you have sunk so low in destroying others, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you."
Isaiah 33:4
Your plunder is gathered as when grasshoppers gather; just like locusts pounce, people have pounced on it.
Jeremiah 25:34
"Scream, you shepherds! Cry out! Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock! Indeed, the time for your slaughter and your dispersion has arrived, and you will break like a choice vessel.
Jeremiah 51:56
Indeed, the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon. Her warriors are captured, and her bows are broken. For the LORD is a God of recompense, and he will repay in full.
Ezekiel 26:12
They will plunder your riches and loot your businesses. They'll tear down your walls and demolish your luxurious homes. They'll grab the stones, wood, and rubble from the destruction and dump it all into the Mediterranean Sea.
Daniel 11:8
He'll also take their gods, their molten images, and their valuable vessels of silver and gold into Egypt as hostages. He'll avoid the northern king for a number of years.
Nahum 2:12-13
This lion renders its prey to pieces to feed its whelps, and strangles enough prey for its mate, filling its lairs with prey and its dens with rendered flesh.