Nahum 3:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.”
Nahum 3:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nahum 3:13 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Nahum 3:13 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Nahum 3:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Behold, your troops among you are women. The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies. The fire has devoured your bars.”
Nahum 3:13 — World English Bible
Nahum 3:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women; the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire hath devoured thy bars. ”
Nahum 3:13 — American Standard Version
Nahum 3:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Lo, thy people <FI>are<Fi> women in thy midst, To thine enemies thoroughly opened Have been the gates of thy land, Consumed hath fire thy bars.”
Nahum 3:13 — Young's Literal Translation
Nahum 3:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are [as] women: the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies; the fire devoureth thy bars. ”
Nahum 3:13 — Darby Translation
Nahum 3:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Beholde, thy people within thee are women: the gates of thy land shalbe opened vnto thine enemies, and ye fire shall deuoure thy barres.”
Nahum 3:13 — Geneva Bible
Nahum 3:13 in Context — Nahum 3
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.
13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
What Does Nahum 3:13 Mean?
Nahum 3:13 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.
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