Nahum 2:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ He remembers his noble ones, they stumble in their walk, they hurry to her walls, and the defence is prepared.

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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.

Nahum 2:5 Cross References

Isaiah 21:5

Prepare the table, spread the mat, eat and drink. Arise, you princes, anoint the shield!

Isaiah 5:27

Not one of them is weary or stumbling, not one slumbers or sleeps. Not a belt shall be loosened on their loins, nor the thong of their sandals be broken.

Jeremiah 46:12

Nations have heard of your shame, and your cry has filled the land. For the mighty has stumbled against the mighty, they have both fallen together.

Jeremiah 50:29

“Summon archers against Baḇ

Nahum 2:6

The river gates have been opened, and the palace is melted.

Nahum 3:18

Your shepherds have slumbered, O sovereign of Ashshur, your nobles lie down to rest. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and no one gathers them.

Nahum 3:3

mounted horsemen with bright sword and glittering spear, and many wounded, and a mass of dead bodies, and no end of corpses, they stumble over the corpses –

Habakkuk 1:8

“Their horses shall be swifter than leopards, and more fierce than evening wolves. And their horsemen shall charge ahead, and their horsemen come from afar. They fly as the eagle, rushing to eat.