The Overthrow of Nineveh
Nahum 2:6
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.
- KJV
- The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.dissolved: or, molten
- WEB
- The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
- ASV
- The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
- LSV
- Gates of the rivers have been opened, || And the palace is dissolved.
- YLT
- Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.
- DBY
- The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace melteth away.
- DRC
- The gates of the rivers are opened, and the temple is thrown down to the ground.
- GNV
- The gates of the riuers shalbe opened, and the palace shall melt.
- JPS2:7
- The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
- LXXE2:7
- The gates of the cities have been opened, and the palaces have fallen into ruin,
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Original-language editions
- WLC2:7
- שַׁעֲרֵ֥י הַנְּהָר֖וֹת נִפְתָּ֑חוּ וְהַֽהֵיכָ֖ל נָמֽוֹג׃KJV:Nah.2.6
- LXX-Br2:7
- Πύλαι τῶν πόλεων διηνοίχθησαν, καὶ τὰ βασίλεια διέπεσε,
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- Isaiah 45:1–2This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: “I will go before you…
- 2 Peter 3:10–11But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 2:7 in some Bibles
- 2:6 in most Bibles