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Nahum 2:12

12 The lion tore enough for his cubs,

1Killed enough for his lionesses,

And filled his lairs with prey

And his dens with torn flesh.

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Nahum 2:12 — The New International Version (NIV)

12 The lion killed enough for his cubs

and strangled the prey for his mate,

filling his lairs with the kill

and his dens with the prey.

Nahum 2:12 — English Standard Version (ESV)

12 The lion tore enough for his cubs

and strangled prey for his lionesses;

he filled his caves with prey

and his dens with torn flesh.

Nahum 2:12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps,

And strangled for his lionesses,

And filled his holes with prey,

And his dens with ravin.

Nahum 2:12 — New Living Translation (NLT)

12 The lion tore up meat for his cubs

and strangled prey for his mate.

He filled his den with prey,

his caverns with his plunder.

Nahum 2:12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

12 The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs,

Killed for his lionesses,

Filled his caves with prey,

And his dens with flesh.

Nahum 2:12 — New Century Version (NCV)

12 The lion killed enough for his cubs,

enough for his mate.

He filled his cave with the animals he caught;

he filled his den with meat he had killed.

Nahum 2:12 — American Standard Version (ASV)

12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.

Nahum 2:12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

12 The lion tore in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

Nahum 2:12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

12 The lion tore its prey to pieces to feed its cubs. 

It strangled ⸤the prey⸥ for its mates. 

It used to fill its caves with torn carcasses 

and its dens with torn flesh. 

Nahum 2:12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

12 The lion mauled whatever its cubs needed

and strangled prey for its lionesses.

It filled up its dens with the kill,

and its lairs with mauled prey.

Nahum 2:12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

12 The lion has torn enough for his whelps

and strangled prey for his lionesses;

he has filled his caves with prey

and his dens with torn flesh.

Nahum 2:12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

12 The lion tore apart enough prey for his cubs,

he strangled prey for his lioness;

he filled his lair with prey

and his den with mangled carcass.

Nahum 2:12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

12 The lion killed enough for his cubs to eat.

He choked what he caught for his mate.

He filled his home with what he had killed.

He brought to his dens what he had caught.


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