Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 It is decreed: she shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maidens shall lead her as with the moaning of doves, beating upon their breasts. 8 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. 9 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.
Cross References
Genesis 10:11
Out of that land went forth Assyria, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
Isaiah 13:14
And it shall be as the hunted gazelle, and as a sheep that no man gathers up: every man shall return to his own people, and flee everyone into his own land.
Isaiah 47:13
You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from these things that shall come upon you.
Isaiah 48:20
Go forth from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare you, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say, The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob.
Jeremiah 46:5
Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled in haste, and look not back: for fear was all around, says the LORD.
Jeremiah 50:16
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land.
Jeremiah 51:13
O you that dwell by many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, and the measure of your covetousness.
Jeremiah 51:30
The mighty men of Babylon have ceased to fight, they have remained in their strongholds: their might has failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwelling places; her bars are broken.
Nahum 3:17
Your princes are like the locusts, and your officials like the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges on the cold day, but when the sun arises they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
Revelation 17:1
And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come here; I will show unto you the judgment of the great harlot that sits upon many waters:
Revelation 17:15
And he said unto me, The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.