Nahum 2:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ He calls his officers; they stumble as they come forward; they hasten to the wall, and the screen is set up.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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

⁵ [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)

⁵ He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.

Common English Bible

⁵ 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

⁵ 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

⁵ 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.

Nahum 2:5 Cross References

Isaiah 21:5

They prepare the table; they spread the rugs; they eat; they drink. Rise up, commanders; oil the shield!

Isaiah 5:27

None of them is weary; none stumbles; none slumbers or sleeps; not a loincloth is loose; not a sandal strap broken;

Jeremiah 46:12

The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry, for warrior has stumbled against warrior; both have fallen together.

Jeremiah 50:29

Summon archers against Babylon, all who bend the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; just as she has done, do to her—for she has arrogantly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

Nahum 2:6

The river gates are opened; the palace trembles.

Nahum 3:18

Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.

Nahum 3:3

Horsemen charging, flashing sword and glittering spear, piles of dead, heaps of corpses, dead bodies without end— they stumble over the bodies!

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses are swifter than leopards, more menacing than wolves at dusk; their horses charge. Their horsemen come from far away; they fly like an eagle swift to devour.