The fading flower of his beautiful splendour, which is on the summit above the rich valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest. Whoever sees it will swallow it while it is still in his hand.
Nahum 3:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised All your fortresses are fig trees with figs that ripened first; when shaken, they fall – right into the mouth of the eater! Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All your fortresses are fig trees with early figs; if they are shaken they will fall into the mouth of the eater. American Standard Version (1901) All thy fortresses shall be like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. Common English Bible All your fortifications are fig trees with ripe fruit; when the trees are shaken, the fruit falls into the mouth of the eater. Catholic Public Domain Version All your fortresses will be like fig trees with their green figs. If they are shaken violently, they will fall into the mouth of the one who devours. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with their green figs: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater. |
The fading flower of his beautiful splendour, which is on the summit above the rich valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest. Whoever sees it will swallow it while it is still in his hand.
One basket contained very good figs, like early figs, but the other basket contained very bad figs, so bad that they were inedible.
They mock kings, and rulers are a joke to them. They laugh at every fortress and build siege ramps to capture it.
the stars of heaven fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a high wind;