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Nahum 2:8

bNineveh is like a pool

whose waters run away.5

“Halt! Halt!” they cry,

but cnone turns back.

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Nahum 2:8 — The New International Version (NIV)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Nineveh is like a pool

whose waters run away.

“Halt! Halt!”—

but no one turns back.

Nahum 2:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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)

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)

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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