For He has broken the gates of bronze, And He cut the bars of iron in two.
Nahum 3:13 - The Scriptures 2009 See, your people in your midst are women! The gates of your land shall be opened wide to your enemies. Fire shall consume your gate bars. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, your troops in the midst of you are [as weak and helpless as] women; the gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies [without effort]; fire consumes your bars. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women; the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire hath devoured thy bars. Common English Bible Look, your people are women in your midst. The gates of your land have been flung wide open to your enemies. Fire consumes the bars of your gates. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, women are at the center of your people. The gates of your land will be opened wide for your enemies; fire will devour your bars. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open to thy enemies, the fire shall devour thy bars. |
For He has broken the gates of bronze, And He cut the bars of iron in two.
For He has strengthened the bars of your gates, He has blessed your children in your midst,
In that day Mitsrayim shall become like women, and tremble and fear because of the waving of the hand of יהוה of hosts, which He waves over it.
“A sword is upon the liars, and they shall be fools. A sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be broken down.
“A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mixed peoples who are in her midst, and they shall become like women. A sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be plundered.
The mighty men of Baḇel have ceased to fight, they remained in their strongholds. Their might has failed, they became like women, they have burned her dwelling places. The bars of her gate have been broken.
“And your mighty men shall be discouraged, O Tĕman, so that everyone from the mountains of Ěsaw is cut off by killing.
And it is established: she shall be exiled, she shall be led away. And her female servants are moaning as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
There a fire shall consume you, a sword cut you off, eat you up like a locust. Make yourself many like the locust, make yourself many like the swarming locust!