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Nahum 2:1

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Yahweh’s Destruction of Nineveh

11The one who ascatters has come up against 2you.

Guard the fortification, watch the road;

Strengthen your loins, 3instill your power with exceeding courage.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Ch 2:2 in Heb
  2. 2Lit your face
  3. 3Or make your power courageous

Cross references

  1. aJer 51:20–23

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The scatterer has come up against you.

Man the ramparts;

watch the road;

dress for battle;

collect all your strength.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

An attacker advances against you, Nineveh.

Guard the fortress,

watch the road,

brace yourselves,

marshal all your strength!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

One who scatters is coming up against you.

Man the fortifications!

Watch the road!

Brace yourself!

Summon all your strength!

NLTNew Living Translation

Your enemy is coming to crush you, Nineveh.

Man the ramparts! Watch the roads!

Prepare your defenses! Call out your forces!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

One who shatters has come up against you!

Guard the fortification!

Watch the road!

Gird your loins!

Muster all your strength!

KJV 1900King James Version

He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face:

Keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.