Nahum 2:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ The river gates have been opened, and the palace is melted.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ The gates or dams of the rivers [surrounding and guarding Nineveh] are opened and the [imperial] palace [of sun-dried brick] is dissolved [by the torrents] and is in dismay.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

Common English Bible

⁶ The gates of the rivers are opened; the palace melts.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ The gates of the rivers have been opened, and the temple has been pulled down to the ground.

Nahum 2:6 Cross References

Nahum 2:5

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

Nahum 2:7

And it is established: she shall be exiled, she shall be led away. And her female servants are moaning as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.

Nahum 3:13

See, your people in your midst are women! The gates of your land shall be opened wide to your enemies. Fire shall consume your gate bars.