Nahum 2:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ The shields of his warriors are red; his soldiers are clothed in crimson. The metal on the chariots flashes on the day when he musters them; the chargers prance.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ The shields of the mighty men [of Media and Babylon] are [dyed] red; the valiant men are [clothed] in dyed scarlet. The chariots blaze with fire of steel on the day of his preparation [for battle], and the officers' horses prance like a cypress forest [reeling in the wind].

American Standard Version (1901)

³ The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress spears are brandished.

Common English Bible

³ The shields of his warriors are red; his soldiers are dressed in crimson. The ironwork of the chariots flashes like fire on the day he has prepared; the horses quiver.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ The shield of his strong ones is fire, the men of war are in scarlet. The reins of the chariot are fiery in the day of his preparation, and the drivers have been drugged.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ The shield of his mighty men is like fire, the men of the army are clad in scarlet, the reins of the chariot are flaming in the day of his preparation, and the drivers are stupefied.

Nahum 2:3 Cross References

Job 39:23

Upon it rattle the quiver, the flashing spear, and the javelin.

Psalm 80:13

The boar from the forest ravages it, and all that move in the field feed on it.

Isaiah 14:8

The cypresses exult over you, the cedars of Lebanon, saying, “Since you were laid low, no one comes to cut us down.”

Ezekiel 23:24

They shall come against you from the north with chariots and wagons and a host of peoples; they shall set themselves against you on every side with buckler, shield, and helmet, and I will commit the judgment to them, and they shall judge you according to their ordinances.

Ezekiel 26:7

For thus says the Lord God: I will bring against Tyre from the north King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, king of kings, together with horses, chariots, cavalry, and a great and powerful army.

Nahum 3:2

The crack of whip and rumble of wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!

Zechariah 1:8

In the night I saw a man mounted on a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in the shadows, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.

Zechariah 11:2

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, for the glorious trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the thick forest has been felled!

Zechariah 6:2

The first chariot had red horses, the second chariot black horses,

Revelation 12:3

Then another portent appeared in heaven: a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns and seven diadems on his heads.

Revelation 6:4

And out came another horse, bright red; its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another, and he was given a great sword.