Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Ethiopia was her strength, and Egypt, and it was infinite; Phut and the Libyans were her helpers.
New American Standard Bible
And Egypt too, without limits.
King James Version
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
Holman Bible
Put and Libya were among her
International Standard Version
Sudan was her source of strength, along with Egypt there were no limits. Put and the Libyans were her allies.
A Conservative Version
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite. Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
American Standard Version
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
Amplified
Ethiopia was her strength,
And Egypt too, without limits.
Bible in Basic English
Ethiopia was her strength and Egyptians without number; Put and Lubim were her helpers.
Julia Smith Translation
Cush her strength, and Egypt, and no end; Put and Lubim were among thy helpers.
King James 2000
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was without limit; Put and Lubim were your helpers.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Cush [was] her strength, Egypt without end; Put and Libya were among {your allies}.
Modern King James verseion
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, yea, without end. Put and Lubim were among your helpers.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and that exceedingly great above measure. Put and Libya were her helpers,
NET Bible
Cush and Egypt had limitless strength; Put and the Libyans were among her allies.
New Heart English Bible
Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.
The Emphasized Bible
Ethiopia, was her strength, and Egypt - Yea, without end, - Put and Lubim, were among thy helpers.
Webster
Cush and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
World English Bible
Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.
Youngs Literal Translation
Cush her might, and Egypt, and there is no end. Put and Lubim have been for thy help.
Themes
Lubims » The region they inhabited was called phut in
Phut » The descendants of phut, or the country inhabited by them
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Nahum 3:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Nineveh Will Suffer The Same Fate She Inflicted On Thebes
8 Art thou better than No-Amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her, whose rampart was the sea, and of the sea was her wall? 9 Ethiopia was her strength, and Egypt, and it was infinite; Phut and the Libyans were her helpers. 10 She too was carried away, she went into captivity: her infants also were dashed in pieces, at the top of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound with chains.
Phrases
Cross References
Ezekiel 27:10
Persia and Lud and Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged shield and helmet in thee; they gave splendour to thee.
Ezekiel 30:5
Cush, and Phut, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
Genesis 10:6
And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
2 Chronicles 12:3
with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen; and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt: Libyans, Sukkites, and Ethiopians.
Isaiah 20:5
And they shall be terrified and ashamed of Ethiopia their confidence, and of Egypt their boast.
Jeremiah 46:9
Go up, ye horses, and drive furiously, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Phut that handle the shield, and the Ludim that handle the bow and bend it.
Ezekiel 38:5
Persia, Cush, and Phut with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
1 Chronicles 1:8
The sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim, Phut and Canaan.