Nahum 3:8
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Past the Point of No Return
8–13Do you think you’re superior to Egyptian Thebes,
proudly invincible on the River Nile,
Protected by the great River,
walled in by the River, secure?
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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?
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
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.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
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?
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
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.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
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.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
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?
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