The fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, shall be like the first-ripe fig before the summer; which someone picks and eats as soon as he sees it.
Nahum 3:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All your fortresses are fig trees with early figs; if they are shaken they will fall into the mouth of the eater. American Standard Version (1901) All thy fortresses shall be like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. Common English Bible All your fortifications are fig trees with ripe fruit; when the trees are shaken, the fruit falls into the mouth of the eater. Catholic Public Domain Version All your fortresses will be like fig trees with their green figs. If they are shaken violently, they will fall into the mouth of the one who devours. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with their green figs: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater. |
The fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, shall be like the first-ripe fig before the summer; which someone picks and eats as soon as he sees it.
One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.
The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind.