The glorious beauty is a fading flower which is at the head of the fertile valley, like a first-ripe fig before summer— whoever sees it, swallows it up while it is still in his palm.
Nahum 3:12 - Tree of Life Version All your fortifications will be fig trees with firstfruits— when shaken, they will fall, into an eater’s mouth. 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 glorious beauty is a fading flower which is at the head of the fertile valley, like a first-ripe fig before summer— whoever sees it, swallows it up while it is still in his palm.
One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first ripe, but the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
He scoffs at kings, and rulers are a joke to him. He laughs at every stronghold— he heaps up dirt and takes it.
The stars of heaven fell to the earth like a fig tree drops unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.