8 Nineveh is like a pool

whose water is draining away.

“Stop! Stop!” they cry,

but no one turns back.

8 Nineveh is like a pool

whose waters run away.

“Halt! Halt!” they cry,

but none turns back.

8 Nineveh is like a leaking water reservoir!

The people are slipping away.

“Stop, stop!” someone shouts,

but no one even looks back.

8 Though Nineveh of old was like a pool of water,

Now they flee away.

“Halt! Halt!” they cry;

But no one turns back.

8 Nineveh is like a pool,

and now its water is draining away.

“Stop! Stop!” the people yell,

but no one turns back.

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.

8 Nineveh hath been like a pool of water, since the day she existed, yet they flee away. …Stand! Stand! But none looketh back.

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. 

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.

8 Nineveh is like a pool

whose waters run away.

“Halt! Halt!”—

but no one turns back.

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.

8 Nineveh is like a pool.

Its water is draining away.

“Stop running away!” someone cries out.

But no one turns back.

8 Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days,

Now they are fleeing;

“Stop, stop,”

But no one turns back.