Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
The gates of the rivers were opened, and the temple melted away.
New American Standard Bible
And the palace is dissolved.
King James Version
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
Holman Bible
and the palace erodes away.
International Standard Version
The river gates will be opened, and the palace will collapse.
A Conservative Version
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
American Standard Version
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
Amplified
The gates of the rivers [surrounding Nineveh] are opened
And the palace [of sun-dried brick] is dissolved [by the torrents].
Bible in Basic English
The river doorways are forced open, and the king's house is flowing away.
Darby Translation
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace melteth away.
King James 2000
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The gates of the river are opened; the palace trembles.
Modern King James verseion
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be melted.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The water ports shall be opened, and the king's palace shall fall.
NET Bible
The sluice gates are opened; the royal palace is deluged and dissolves.
New Heart English Bible
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
The Emphasized Bible
The gates of the rivers, have been opened, - and, the palace, doth quake.
Webster
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
World English Bible
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
Youngs Literal Translation
Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.
Interlinear
Pathach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Nahum 2:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Army Will Conquer Nineveh
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. 7 It was fixed, she was led away captive, she went up and her maids being led as the voice of doves smiting upon their heart
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 45:1-2
Thus said Jehovah to his Messiah, to Cyrus whom I held by his right hand to bring down nations before him; and I will loosen the loins of kings to open before him the doors; and the gates shall not be shut
2 Peter 3:10-11
And the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a loud noise, and the elements, suffering from excessive heat, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it shall be burned down.