Nahum 3:13
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3:13Your warriors will be like women in your midst;
the gates of your land will be wide open54 to your enemies;
Footnotes
- 54 Or “have been opened wide.” The Niphal perfect נִפְתְּחוּ (niftékhu) from פָּתַח (patach, “to open”) may designate a past-time action (“have been opened wide”) or a present-time circumstance (“are wide open”). The present-time sense is preferred in vv. 13–14. When used in reference to present-time circumstances, the perfect tense represents a situation occurring at the very instant the expression is being uttered; this is the so-called “instantaneous perfect” ( §30.5.1). The root פָּתַח (“to open”) is repeated for emphasis to depict the helpless state of the Assyrian defenses: פָּתוֹחַ נִפְתְּחוּ (patoakh niftékhu, “wide open”).
- 55 Or “has consumed.” The Qal perfect אָכְלָה (’okhlah) from אָכַל (’akhal, “to consume”) refers either to a past-time action (“has consumed”) or a present-time action (“consumes”). The context suggests the present-time sense is preferable here. This is an example of the “instantaneous perfect” which represents a situation occurring at the very instant the expression is being uttered (see §30.5.1).
- 56 Heb “your bars.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Behold, your troops
are women in your midst.
The gates of your land
are wide open to your enemies;
fire has devoured your bars.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Look at your troops—
they are all weaklings.
The gates of your land
are wide open to your enemies;
fire has consumed the bars of your gates.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Look, your troops are like women among you;
your land’s city gates
are wide open to your enemies.
Fire will devour the bars of your gates.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Your troops will be as weak
and helpless as women.
The gates of your land will be opened wide to the enemy
and set on fire and burned.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Look! Your troops are like women in your midst.
The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies;
fire will consume the bars of your gates.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women:
The gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies:
The fire shall devour thy bars.
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