Parallel Verses
NET Bible
I will pelt you with filth; I will treat you with contempt; I will make you a public spectacle.
New American Standard Bible
And
And set you up as a
King James Version
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
Holman Bible
and treat you with contempt;
I will make a spectacle of you.
International Standard Version
I will hurl abominable filth upon you, making you look foolish, and making an example of you.
A Conservative Version
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock.
American Standard Version
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock.
Amplified
“I will throw filth on you
And make you vile and treat you with contempt,
And set you up as a spectacle.
Bible in Basic English
I will make you completely disgusting and full of shame, and will put you up to be looked at by all.
Darby Translation
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing stock.
Julia Smith Translation
And I cast abominable things upon thee, and I disgraced thee, and I set thee as a sight
King James 2000
And I will cast abominable filth upon you, and make you vile, and will make you a spectacle.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"I will throw filth upon you, I will treat you with contempt, I will make you a spectacle.
Modern King James verseion
And I will cast filth upon you, and will dishonor you, and will set you as a gazing-stock.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will cast dirt upon thee, to make thee be abhorred, and a gazing stock.
New Heart English Bible
I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle.
The Emphasized Bible
And I will cast upon thee abominable filth, and treat thee as foolish, - and set thee as a gazing-stock.
Webster
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock.
World English Bible
I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I have cast upon thee abominations, And dishonoured thee, and made thee as a sight.
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Nahum 3:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Harlot Nineveh Will Get What She Deserves
5 I am against you," declares the Lord who commands armies. "I will strip off your clothes! I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms; 6 I will pelt you with filth; I will treat you with contempt; I will make you a public spectacle. 7 Everyone who sees you will turn away from you in disgust; they will say, 'Nineveh has been devastated! Who will lament for her?' There will be no one to comfort you!"
Cross References
Job 9:31
then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me.
Jeremiah 51:37
Babylon will become a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. It will become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, a place where no one lives.
Malachi 2:9
"Therefore, I have caused you to be ignored and belittled before all people to the extent to which you are not following after me and are showing partiality in your instruction."
Job 30:8
Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips.
Nahum 1:14
The Lord has issued a decree against you: "Your dynasty will come to an end. I will destroy the idols and images in the temples of your gods. I will desecrate your grave -- because you are accursed!"
1 Corinthians 4:9
For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to die, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.
Hebrews 10:33
At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.
1 Kings 9:7-8
then I will remove Israel from the land I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed among all the nations.
Job 30:19
He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.
Psalm 38:5-7
My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins.
Isaiah 14:16-19
Those who see you stare at you, they look at you carefully, thinking: "Is this the man who shook the earth, the one who made kingdoms tremble?
Lamentations 3:16
(Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust.
Zephaniah 2:15
This is how the once-proud city will end up -- the city that was so secure. She thought to herself, "I am unique! No one can compare to me!" What a heap of ruins she has become, a place where wild animals live! Everyone who passes by her taunts her and shakes his fist.
Malachi 2:2
If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name," says the Lord who rules over all, "I will send judgment on you and turn your blessings into curses -- indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.
1 Corinthians 4:13
when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world's dirt and scum, even now.
Jude 1:7
So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.