Nahum 2:8
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Nahum 2:8 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Ninive war ja von jeher wie ein Wasserteich; und doch fliehen sie! Stehet, stehet! Aber keiner sieht sich um.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y fué Nínive de tiempo antiguo como estanque de aguas; mas ellos huyen: Parad, parad; y ninguno mira.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Nínive é como um antigo tanque, cujas águas estão fugindo. Dizem : Parai, parai; porém ninguém sequer olha para trás.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Nínive é como um reservatório que vaza água, com o seu povo fugindo como água que escorre. Outros gritam: "Parai, parai", mas ninguém olha para trás.
📖 Nahum 2:8 in Context
6The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
7And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
9Take 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.
10She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
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