Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Man the fortress, watch the road;
King James Version
He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
Holman Bible
Man the fortifications!
Watch the road!
Brace
Summon all your strength!
International Standard Version
You are being attacked by advancing forces! Guard your rampart! Watch your roads! Prepare yourselves! Marshall your defenses!
A Conservative Version
He who dashes in pieces has come up against thee. Keep the fortress. Watch the way. Make thy loins strong. Fortify thy power mightily.
American Standard Version
He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thee: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
Amplified
Man the fortress and ramparts, watch the road;
Bible in Basic English
A crusher has come up before your face: keep a good look-out, let the way be watched, make yourself strong, let your power be greatly increased.
Darby Translation
He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thy face: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
Julia Smith Translation
The hammer came up upon thy face: press upon the fortress, look about the way, strengthen the loins, make the power strong greatly.
King James 2000
He that dashes in pieces has come up before your face: keep the fortress, watch the road, make your flanks strong, fortify your power mightily.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{One who shatters} has come up against you! Guard [the] fortification! Watch [the] road! Gird [your] loins! {Muster} all [your] strength!
Modern King James verseion
The scattering one is coming up against your face. Guard the rampart. Watch the way, make your loins strong, firm up your power mightily.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The scatterer shall come up against thee, and lay siege to the castle. Look thou well to the streets, make thy loins strong, arm thyself with all thy might:
NET Bible
The watchmen of Nineveh shout: "An enemy who will scatter you is marching out to attack you!" "Guard the rampart! Watch the road! Prepare yourselves for battle! Muster your mighty strength!"
New Heart English Bible
He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress. Watch the way. Strengthen your waist. Fortify your power mightily.
The Emphasized Bible
He that breaketh in pieces hath come up over thy face, Keep the keeps, - watch the way, brace the loins, make vigour very firm.
Webster
He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
World English Bible
He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily!
Youngs Literal Translation
Come up hath a scatterer to thy face, Keep the bulwark, watch the way, Strengthen the loins, strengthen power mightily.
Themes
Fortresses » Defended against enemies
Nineveh » Predictions respecting » Coming up of the babylonish armies against
Interlinear
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Natsar
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Nahum 2:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Army Will Conquer Nineveh
1
Man the fortress, watch the road;
Cross References
Jeremiah 51:20-23
"You are my hammer and weapon of war: with you I break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms;
2 Chronicles 25:8
But go, act, be strong for the battle. Why should you suppose that God will cast you down before the enemy? For God has power to help or to cast down."
Isaiah 14:6
that struck the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.
Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the LORD, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.
Jeremiah 46:3-10
"Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
Jeremiah 50:23
How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
Jeremiah 51:11-12
"Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields!The LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance for his temple.
Joel 3:9-11
Proclaim this among the nations: Consecrate for war; stir up the mighty men. Let all the men of war draw near; let them come up.
Nahum 3:14-15
Draw water for the siege; strengthen your forts; go into the clay; tread the mortar; take hold of the brick mold!