Nahum 3:1

In 11 translations

BSB

Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.

KJV

Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;bloody…: Heb. city of bloods

WEB

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery—no end to the prey.

ASV

Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.

LSV

Woe [to] the city of blood, || She is all full with lies [and] burglary, || Prey does not depart.

YLT

Woe [to] the city of blood, She is all with lies — burglary — full, Prey doth not depart.

DBY

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies [and] violence; the prey departeth not.

DRC

Woe to thee, O city of blood, all full of lies and violence: rapine shall not depart from thee.

GNV

O bloody citie, it is all full of lyes, and robberie: the pray departeth not:

JPS

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.

LXXE

O city of blood, wholly false, full of unrighteousness; the prey shall not be handled.

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WLC

ה֖וֹי עִ֣יר דָּמִ֑ים כֻּלָּ֗הּ כַּ֤חַשׁ פֶּ֨רֶק֙ מְלֵאָ֔ה לֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ טָֽרֶף׃

LXX-Br

Ὦ πόλις αἱμάτων, ὅλη ψευδὴς, ἀδικίας πλήρης, οὐ ψηλαφηθήσεται θήρα.

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• Habakkuk 2:12Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!
• Zephaniah 3:1–3Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God. Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are…
• Hosea 4:2Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
• Ezekiel 24:6–9Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents. For the blood she shed is still…
• Ezekiel 22:2–3“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own…
• Nahum 2:12The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.
• Isaiah 42:24Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.
• Isaiah 17:14In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
• Isaiah 24:9They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.

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