And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the early fruit before the summer; which when he that looks upon it sees it, while it is yet in his hand he eats it up.
Nahum 3:12 - King James 2000 All your strongholds shall be like fig trees with the first ripe figs: if they are shaken, they shall even 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. |
And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the early fruit before the summer; which when he that looks upon it sees it, while it is yet in his hand he eats it up.
One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every stronghold; for they shall heap up earth, and take it.
And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casts its unripe figs, when it is shaken by a mighty wind.