Nahum 3:8 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁸ 6 Thou hast multiplied thy merchandises above the stars of heaven: the bruchus hath spread himself and flown away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Are you better than No-amon [Thebes, capital of Upper Egypt], that dwelt by the rivers or canals, that had the waters round about her, whose rampart was a sea [the Nile] and water her wall?

American Standard Version (1901)

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 her wall was of the sea?

Common English Bible

⁸ Are you better than Thebes, situated by the Nile, waters surrounding her, whose fortress is sea and whose city wall is waters?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Are you better than the populous Alexandria, which dwells along the rivers? Waters encircle it: the sea, with its riches. The waters are its walls.

Nahum 3:8 Cross References

Jeremiah 25:19

7 And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Dring ye, and be drunken, and vomit: and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword, which I shall send among you.

Jeremiah 46:12

0 Egypt is like a fair and beautiful heifer: there shall come from the north one that shall goad her.

Ezekiel 29:15

Son of man prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Howl ye, Woe, woe to the day:

Amos 6:2

0 And a man's kinsman shall take him up, and shall burn him, that he may carry the bones out of the house; and he shall say to him that is in the inner rooms of the house: Is there yet any with thee? And he shall answer: There is an end. And he shall any to him: Hold thy peace, and mention not the name of the Lord.