Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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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Kashal
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Nahum 2:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Army Will Conquer Nineveh
4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad roads: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like lightning. 5 He shall recount his nobles: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall, and the defense shall be prepared. 6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 46:12
The nations have heard of your shame, and your cry has filled the land: for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.
Isaiah 5:27
None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the belt on their waist be loosed, nor the strap of their shoes be broken:
Isaiah 21:5
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, you princes, and anoint the shield.
Jeremiah 50:29
Call together the archers against Babylon: all you that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none of them escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do unto her: for she has been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 51:27-28
Set you up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts.
Nahum 3:3
The horseman lifts up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of dead bodies; and there is no end of their corpses; they stumble over the corpses:
Nahum 3:18
Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: your nobles shall dwell in the dust: your people are scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathers them.