Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
He shall make mention of his chiefs: they shall be weak in their goings; they shall hasten to her wall, and the covering was prepared.
New American Standard Bible
They
They hurry to her wall,
And the
King James Version
He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
Holman Bible
they stumble as they advance.
They race to its wall;
the protective shield is set in place.
International Standard Version
He will remember to summon his finest troops. They will stumble on their way, hurrying over to Nineveh's wall. Their defensive shield is in place.
A Conservative Version
He remembers his nobles. They stumble in their march. They make haste to the wall of it, and the mantelet is prepared.
American Standard Version
He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
Amplified
They stumble in their march [terrified because of the attack].
They hurry to the city wall,
And the
Bible in Basic English
He takes the record of his great men: they go falling on their way; they go quickly to the wall, the cover is made ready.
Darby Translation
He bethinketh him of his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the shelter is prepared.
King James 2000
He shall recount his nobles: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall, and the defense shall be prepared.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He calls his officers; they stumble as they march; they rush to her wall; they set the covering in place.
Modern King James verseion
He shall remember his nobles; they shall stumble in their walking; they shall make haste to its wall, and the covering shall be prepared.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When he doth but warn his giants, they all in their array, and hastily they climb up the walls: yea, the engines of the war are prepared already.
NET Bible
The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower.
New Heart English Bible
He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
The Emphasized Bible
Let him call to mind his nobles, they shall stumble as they go - let them hasten to her wall, yet the storming cover, is prepared.
Webster
He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defense shall be prepared.
World English Bible
He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
Youngs Literal Translation
He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten to its wall, and prepared is the covering.
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Nahum 2:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Army Will Conquer Nineveh
4 The chariots shall be mad in the streets, they shall run up and down in the broad places: their appearance as flames; as lightnings shall they run. 5 He shall make mention of his chiefs: they shall be weak in their goings; they shall hasten to her wall, and the covering was prepared. 6 The gates of the rivers were opened, and the temple melted away.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 46:12
The nations heard thy shame, and thy outcry filled the land: for the strong stumbled against the strong; they two fell together.
Isaiah 5:27
None fainted, and none were weak among them; none shall slumber and none shall sleep; and the girdle of their loins was not loosed, and the thong of their shoes was not broken:
Isaiah 21:5
Set in order the table; view the watch-tower; eat, drink: arise ye chiefs, anoint the shield.
Jeremiah 50:29
Cause ye many to be heard against Babel: all ye bending the bow encamp against her round about; there shall be no escaping: requite her according to her work; according to all she did, do to her: for she acted proudly against Jehovah, against the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 51:27-28
Lift up a signal in the earth, strike ye the trumpet in the nations, consecrate the nations against her, cause ye to be heard against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint over her a satrap; bring up the horse as the bristling locust
Nahum 3:3
The horsemen also lifting up the flame of the sword, and the lightning of the spear: and a multitude of wounded, and the heavy carcass; and no end to the corpses; they shall stumble upon their dead bodies.
Nahum 3:18
Thy shepherds slumbered, O king of Assur: thy chiefs will lie down: thy people breathed upon the mountains, and none gathering.