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Judgment on Nineveh

Nahum 3:2

In 11 translations

BSB
The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
KJV
The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
WEB
The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots,
ASV
The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots,
LSV
The sound of a whip, || And the sound of the rattling of a wheel, || And of a prancing horse, and of a bounding chariot, || Of a horseman mounting.
YLT
The sound of a whip, And the sound of the rattling of a wheel, And of a prancing horse, and of a bounding chariot, Of a horseman mounting.
DBY
The crack of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the bounding chariots!
DRC
The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the neighing horse, and of the running chariot, and of the horsemen coming up,
GNV
The noyse of a whippe, and the noyse of the mouing of the wheeles, and the beating of the horses, and the leaping of the charets.
JPS
Hark! the whip, and hark! the rattling of the wheels; and prancing horses, and bounding chariots;
LXXE
The noise of whips, and the noise of the rumbling of wheels, and of the pursuing horse, and of the bounding chariot,

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Original-language editions

WLC
ק֣וֹל שׁ֔וֹט וְק֖וֹל רַ֣עַשׁ אוֹפָ֑ן וְס֣וּס דֹּהֵ֔ר וּמֶרְכָּבָ֖ה מְרַקֵּדָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Φωνὴ μαστίγων, καὶ φωνὴ σεισμοῦ τροχῶν, καὶ ἵππου διώκοντος, καὶ ἅρματος ἀναβράσσοντος,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 47:3at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.
  • Nahum 2:3–4The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished. The…
  • Job 39:22–25He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword. A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance. Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand…
  • Judges 5:22Then the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions.
  • Isaiah 9:5For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.

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