Nahum 2:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ The officers are summoned, they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall, the mantelet 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. Arise, O princes, oil the shield!

Isaiah 5:27

None is weary, none stumbles, none slumbers or sleeps, not a waistcloth is loose, not a sandal-thong 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; they have both fallen together.”

Jeremiah 50:29

“Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp round about her; let no one escape. Requite her according to her deeds, do to her according to all that she has done; for she has proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

Nahum 2:6

The river gates are opened, the palace is in dismay;

Nahum 3:18

Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with none to gather them.

Nahum 3:3

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

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses are swifter than leopards, more fierce than the evening wolves; their horsemen press proudly on. Yea, their horsemen come from afar; they fly like an eagle swift to devour.