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Nahum 3:1–3

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Woe to Nineveh

1aWoe to the city of 1bloodshed, completely full of deception and pillage;

Her prey never departs.

2The asound of the whip,

And the sound of the rumbling of the wheel,

Galloping horses,

And 1bounding chariots!

3Horsemen charging,

And swords flaming, and aspears flashing,

bMany slain, a mass of corpses,

And cthere is no end to dead bodies—

They stumble over 1the dead bodies!

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or blood, cf. Ezek 22:2; 24:6
  2. 1Lit skipping
  3. 1Lit their

Cross references

  1. aEzek 24:6, 9
  2. aJob 39:22–25; Jer 47:3; Nah 2:3, 4
  3. aHab 3:11
  4. bIs 34:3; 66:16
  5. cIs 37:36; Ezek 39:4

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Woe to the bloody city,

all full of lies and plunder—

no end to the prey!

The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel,

galloping horse and bounding chariot!

Horsemen charging,

flashing sword and glittering spear,

hosts of slain,

heaps of corpses,

dead bodies without end—

they stumble over the bodies!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Woe to the city of blood,

full of lies,

full of plunder,

never without victims!

The crack of whips,

the clatter of wheels,

galloping horses

and jolting chariots!

Charging cavalry,

flashing swords

and glittering spears!

Many casualties,

piles of dead,

bodies without number,

people stumbling over the corpses—

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Woe to the city of blood,

totally deceitful,

full of plunder,

never without prey.

The crack of the whip

and rumble of the wheel,

galloping horse

and jolting chariot!

Charging horseman,

flashing sword,

shining spear;

heaps of slain,

mounds of corpses,

dead bodies without end—

they stumble over their dead.

NLTNew Living Translation

What sorrow awaits Nineveh,

the city of murder and lies!

She is crammed with wealth

and is never without victims.

Hear the crack of whips,

the rumble of wheels!

Horses’ hooves pound,

and chariots clatter wildly.

See the flashing swords and glittering spears

as the charioteers charge past!

There are countless casualties,

heaps of bodies—

so many bodies that

people stumble over them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Woe to the city that has shed much blood!

She is a deceiver,

She is filled with plunder,

She has hoarded her spoils of war.

The crack of the whip!

The rumbling of the chariot wheel!

The galloping of the horse!

The racing of the chariot!

Chariots charge!

Swords flash!

Spears glitter!

Many corpses are piled high!

There is no end to the slain!

They stumble over their dead!

KJV 1900King James Version

Woe to the bloody city!

It is all full of lies and robbery;

The prey departeth not;

The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels,

And of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear:

And there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases;

And there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: