Nahum 3:10 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.”

Nahum 3:10 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Nahum 3:10 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Nahum 3:10 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Nahum 3:10 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.”

Nahum 3:10 — World English Bible

Nahum 3:10 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity; her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. ”

Nahum 3:10 — American Standard Version

Nahum 3:10 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Even she doth become an exile, She hath gone into captivity, Even her sucklings are dashed to pieces At the top of all out-places, And for her honoured ones they cast a lot, And all her great ones have been bound in fetters.”

Nahum 3:10 — Young's Literal Translation

Nahum 3:10 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“She too was carried away, she went into captivity: her infants also were dashed in pieces, at the top of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound with chains. ”

Nahum 3:10 — Darby Translation

Nahum 3:10 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Yet was she caried awaye, and went into captiuitie: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streetes: and they cast lottes for her noble men, and al her myghtie men were bound in chaines.”

Nahum 3:10 — Geneva Bible

Nahum 3:10 in Context — Nahum 3

8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

12 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.

Read the full chapter: Nahum 3 →

What Does Nahum 3:10 Mean?

Nahum 3:10 is a verse from the Book of Nahum, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Nahum chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

Also explore: Bible verses by topic | Read the full Bible free