Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
He calls his officers; they stumble as they march; they rush to her wall; they set the covering in place.
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.
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.
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 race madly through the streets; they rush back and forth in the public squares. Their appearance like lightning bolts, they dart about like flashes of lightning. 5 He calls his officers; they stumble as they march; they rush to her wall; they set the covering in place. 6 The gates of the river are opened; the palace trembles.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 46:12
[The] nations have heard your shame, and your cry of lament fills the earth. For warrior has stumbled against warrior, together they have fallen, the two of them.
Isaiah 5:27
None [is] weary, and none among him stumbles; none slumbers and none sleeps. And no loincloth on his waist is opened, and no thong of his sandals is drawn away.
Isaiah 21:5
Set out the table in order! Spread out the rugs! Eat! drink! Rise up, commanders; smear [the] shield!
Jeremiah 50:29
Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend [the] bow. Encamp all around her, there must not be for her an escape. Take revenge on her according to her deeds. According to all that she has done, [so] do to her. For against Yahweh she has behaved insolently, against the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 51:27-28
Raise a banner in the land; blow a horn among the nations; prepare for holy war against her; summon [the] nations against her, the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; summon against her an official; bring up horses like bristling creeping locusts.
Nahum 3:3
Chariots charge! Swords flash! Spears glitter! {Many corpses are piled high}! There is no end to the slain! They stumble over their dead!
Nahum 3:18
Your shepherds are sleeping, king of Assyria! Your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains; no one can gather them.