Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Her prey never departs.
King James Version
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
Holman Bible
totally deceitful,
full of plunder,
never without prey.
International Standard Version
Woe to this city, contaminated with shed blood, all full of lies and robberies it is never without victims!
A Conservative Version
Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and rapine. The prey departs not.
American Standard Version
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.
Amplified
Her prey never departs [alive].
Bible in Basic English
A curse is on the town of blood; it is full of deceit and violent acts; and there is no end to the taking of life.
Darby Translation
Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and violence; the prey departeth not.
Julia Smith Translation
Wo! to the city of bloods: all of it was filled with falsehood, with violence; the prey will not withdraw.
King James 2000
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the victim departs not;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Woe to the city [that has shed] {much blood}! {She is a deceiver}, She is filled [with] plunder, {She has hoarded her spoils of war}.
Modern King James verseion
Woe to the bloody city! It is a lie, and full of plunder; the prey is not withdrawn.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Woe to that bloodthirsty city, which is all full of lies and robbery, and will not leave off from ravishing.
NET Bible
Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed! She is full of lies; she is filled with plunder; she has hoarded her spoil!
New Heart English Bible
Woe to the bloody city. It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn't depart.
The Emphasized Bible
Alas for the city of bloodshed! All of it, deceit, of violence full, none releaseth prey!
Webster
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robberies; the prey departeth not;
World English Bible
Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn't depart.
Youngs Literal Translation
Woe to the city of blood, She is all with lies -- burglary -- full, Prey doth not depart.
Themes
Deceit » The wicked full of » The prevalence of
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as
Nineveh » Described as » Full of lies and robbery
Nineveh » Called » Bloody city
Prophets » Names of persons spoken of as
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as
Topics
References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Nahum 3:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Doom Of The Wicked City Is Certain
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Her prey never departs.
Names
Cross References
Nahum 2:12
The lion tore in pieces enough for his whelps and strangled for his lionesses and filled his holes with prey and his dens with robbery.
Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to him that builds the city with blood and founds the village with iniquity!
Isaiah 17:14
And behold at eveningtide trouble, and before the morning she is not. This is the portion of them that tread on us and the lot of them that spoil us.
Isaiah 24:9
They shall not drink wine with a song; the drink shall be bitter to them that would drink it.
Isaiah 42:24
Who gave Jacob for a spoil and Israel to the robbers? Did not the LORD? Because we sinned against him, and they did not desire to walk in his ways, neither did they hearken unto his law.
Ezekiel 22:2-3
Now, thou son of man, wilt thou not judge, wilt thou not judge the city that spills innocent blood and cause her to know all her abominations?
Ezekiel 24:6-9
For thus hath the Lord GOD said: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein and whose scum is not gone out of it! For her pieces, because of her pieces let it be removed; let no lot fall upon it.
Hosea 4:2
By swearing and lying and murdering and stealing and committing adultery, they prevailed, and blood touches blood.
Zephaniah 3:1-3
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!