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Nahum 2:8
y | See ch. 1:1. |
|| | Or, from the days that she hath been. |
z | |
a | Comp. Ps. 58:7. |
b | See Ex. 18:4. |
|| | Or, cause them to turn. |
c | See Jer. 46:5. |
Nahum 2:8 — New International Version (2011) (NIV)
8 Nineveh is like a pool
whose water is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
but no one turns back.
Nahum 2:8 — English Standard Version (ESV)
8 Nineveh is like a pool
whose waters run away.
“Halt! Halt!” they cry,
but none turns 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 — New Revised Standard Version: Updated Edition (NRSVue)
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) (NASB95)
8 Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days,
Now they are fleeing;
“Stop, stop,”
But no one turns back.
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