Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Seize the silver; seize the gold; for there is no end to the treasures; riches from all precious vessels.
New American Standard Bible
Plunder the
For there is no limit to the treasure—
Wealth from every kind of desirable object.
King James Version
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
Holman Bible
There is no end to the treasure,
an abundance of every precious thing.
International Standard Version
Take the silver! Take the gold! There is no end to the treasure fabulous riches of every imagination.
A Conservative Version
Take ye the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold. For there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
American Standard Version
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
Amplified
Plunder the silver!
Plunder the gold!
For there is no end to the treasure—
Wealth from every precious object.
Bible in Basic English
Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.
Darby Translation
Plunder the silver, plunder the gold; for there is no end of the splendid store of all precious vessels.
Julia Smith Translation
They plundered silver, they plundered gold: and no end to her splendid equipage; glory from all the vessels of desire.
King James 2000
Take the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is no end of treasure or wealth out of all the precious things.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! There is no end to the spoils, an abundance of {everything one could want}!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Away with the silver, away with the gold: for here is no end of treasure. There shall be a multitude of all manner costly ornaments.
NET Bible
Her conquerors cry out: "Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!" There is no end to the treasure; riches of every kind of precious thing.
New Heart English Bible
Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
The Emphasized Bible
Plunder silver, plunder gold, - and there is no end to the costly furnishing, rich with every article of delight.
Webster
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is no end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
World English Bible
Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
Youngs Literal Translation
Seize ye silver, seize ye gold, And there is no end to the prepared things, To the abundance of all desirable vessels.
Interlinear
Bazaz
Bazaz
Qatseh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Nahum 2:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Nineveh's Treasures Will Be Taken
8 But Nineveh is like a pool of water from her days; yet they are fleeing. Halt! Halt! they cry, but none looks back. 9 Seize the silver; seize the gold; for there is no end to the treasures; riches from all precious vessels. 10 She is empty and void and waste; and the heart melts, and the knees knock, and trembling is on all the loins; and all their faces collect heat.
Names
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:10
And when the year had ended, King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the valuable vessels of the house of Jehovah. And he made his brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Isaiah 33:1
Woe to the destroyer, and you who have not been destroyed; and betrayer, and they have not betrayed you. When you stop destroying, you shall be destroyed. When you stop betraying, they shall betray you.
Isaiah 33:4
And your spoil shall be gathered as the stripping locust gathers; as the running to and fro of locusts he shall run on them.
Jeremiah 25:34
Howl, shepherds, and cry; and roll, leaders of the flock! For the days of your slaughter and of your scatterings are fulfilled; and you shall fall like a desirable vessel.
Jeremiah 51:56
because the ravager has come on her, even on Babylon, and her mighty men are captured. Every one of their bows is broken, for Jehovah, the God of vengeance, shall surely repay.
Ezekiel 26:12
And they shall plunder your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise. And they shall break down your walls and destroy your desirable houses. And they shall lay your stones and your timber and your dust in the midst of the water.
Daniel 11:8
And he shall also carry their gods captives with their molten images into Egypt, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold. And he shall stand for years away from the king of the north.
Nahum 2:12-13
The lion tears in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangles for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with torn prey.