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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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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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

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