Nahum 2:7–9
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7Her goddess is taken out and taken into exile;h
her maidservants moan like doves;
they beat on their breasts.
8Nineveh is like a pool of water without its water.i
As they flee,j she cries, “Stop! Stop!”
But there is no one who turns back.
9Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!
There is no end to the spoils,k
an abundance of everything one could want!l
Footnotes
- hLiterally “It is decreed that she be exiled and led away.” MT reads the very enigmatic “And he is placed, she is sent into exile, she is taken up.” The BHS editors suggest the conjectural emendation “And her goddess = the idol of the patron deity of Nineveh is taken and taken into exile.” This is adopted in the translation on the basis of internal evidence
- iMT reads “from her days.” Greek LXX and Syriac Peshitta reflect “from her waters”
- jLiterally “And they flee away”
- kLiterally “the supply”
- lLiterally “every kind of desirable object”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
its mistress is stripped; she is carried off,
her slave girls lamenting,
moaning like doves
and beating their breasts.
Nineveh is like a pool
whose waters run away.
“Halt! Halt!” they cry,
but none turns back.
Plunder the silver,
plunder the gold!
There is no end of the treasure
or of the wealth of all precious things.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
It is decreed that Nineveh
be exiled and carried away.
Her female slaves moan like doves
and beat on their breasts.
Nineveh is like a pool
whose water is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
but no one turns back.
Plunder the silver!
Plunder the gold!
The supply is endless,
the wealth from all its treasures!
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Beauty is stripped;
she is carried away;
her ladies-in-waiting moan
like the sound of doves
and beat their breasts.
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.
“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!”
There is no end to the treasure,
an abundance of every precious thing.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Nineveh’s exile has been decreed,
and all the servant girls mourn its capture.
They moan like doves
and beat their breasts in sorrow.
Nineveh is like a leaking water reservoir!
The people are slipping away.
“Stop, stop!” someone shouts,
but no one even looks back.
Loot the silver!
Plunder the gold!
There’s no end to Nineveh’s treasures—
its vast, uncounted wealth.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
KJV 1900King James Version
And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up,
And her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves,
Tabering upon their breasts.
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.
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold:
For there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
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