They prepare the table; they spread the rugs; they eat; they drink. Rise up, commanders; oil the shield!
Nahum 2:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 He calls his officers; they stumble as they come forward; they hasten to the wall, and the screen is set up. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 [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) He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared. Common English Bible 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 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 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. |
They prepare the table; they spread the rugs; they eat; they drink. Rise up, commanders; oil the shield!
None of them is weary; none stumbles; none slumbers or sleeps; not a loincloth is loose; not a sandal strap broken;
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.
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.
Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.
Horsemen charging, flashing sword and glittering spear, piles of dead, heaps of corpses, dead bodies without end— they stumble over the bodies!
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.