Nahum 2:8
Nahum 2:8 — The New International Version (NIV)
8 Nineveh is like a pool
whose water is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
but no one turns back.
Nahum 2:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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.
Nahum 2:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)
8 Nineveh is like a leaking water reservoir!
The people are slipping away.
“Stop, stop!” someone shouts,
but no one even looks back.
Nahum 2:8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
8 Though Nineveh of old was like a pool of water,
Now they flee away.
“Halt! Halt!” they cry;
But no one turns back.
Nahum 2:8 — New Century Version (NCV)
8 Nineveh is like a pool,
and now its water is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” the people yell,
but no one turns back.
Nahum 2:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)
8 But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back.
Nahum 2:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
8 Nineveh hath been like a pool of water, since the day she existed, yet they flee away. …Stand! Stand! But none looketh back.
Nahum 2:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
8 Nineveh was like a pool of water from its first day on.
But now its people are fleeing.
“Stop! Stop!”
But no one turns around.
Nahum 2:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
8 Nineveh has been like a pool of water
from her first days,
but they are fleeing.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
but no one turns back.
Nahum 2:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
8 Nineveh is like a pool
whose waters run away.
“Halt! Halt!”—
but no one turns back.
Nahum 2:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
8 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.
Nahum 2:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
8 Nineveh is like a pool.
Its water is draining away.
“Stop running away!” someone cries out.
But no one turns back.
Nahum 2:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
8 Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days,
Now they are fleeing;
“Stop, stop,”
But no one turns back.