They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.
Nahum 2:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 He remembereth his worthies: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [The Assyrian leader] remembers and summons his bravest men; they stumble in their march. They hasten to the city's wall, and their movable defense shelter is prepared and set up. American Standard Version (1901) He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared. Common English Bible He musters his officers; they stumble as they press forward. They hurry to the city wall, and the portable shield is set up. Catholic Public Domain Version He will call to mind his strong ones; they will destroy along their journey. They will quickly ascend its walls, and a shelter will be prepared. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He will muster up his valiant men, they shall stumble in their march: they shall quickly get upon the walls thereof: and a covering shall be prepared. |
They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.
None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
The nations have heard of thy shame, and the earth is full of thy cry: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.
Call together the archers against Babylon, all them that bend the bow; camp against her round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy worthies are at rest: thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and there is none to gather them.
the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear; and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of carcases: and there is none end of the corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen spread themselves: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.