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Nahum 3:8

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8Are you better than 1aNo-amon,

Which sits along the bwaters of the Nile,

With water surrounding her,

Whose rampart was 2the sea,

Whose wall consisted of 3the sea?

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Footnotes

  1. 1The city of Amon: Thebes
  2. 2The Nile
  3. 3The Nile

Cross references

  1. aJer 46:25; Ezek 30:14–16
  2. bIs 19:6–8

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Are you better than Thebes

that sat by the Nile,

with water around her,

her rampart a sea,

and water her wall?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Are you better than Thebes,

situated on the Nile,

with water around her?

The river was her defense,

the waters her wall.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Are you better than Thebes

that sat along the Nile

with water surrounding her,

whose rampart was the sea,

the river her wall?

NLTNew Living Translation

Are you any better than the city of Thebes,

situated on the Nile River, surrounded by water?

She was protected by the river on all sides,

walled in by water.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Are you better than Thebes?

She who sits at the Nile, surrounded by her waters,

her rampart was the sea and water was her wall.

KJV 1900King James Version

Art thou better than populous No,

That was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it,

Whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?