Nahum 3:14 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.”
Nahum 3:14 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nahum 3:14 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Nahum 3:14 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Nahum 3:14 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong.”
Nahum 3:14 — World English Bible
Nahum 3:14 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Draw thee water for the siege; strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln. ”
Nahum 3:14 — American Standard Version
Nahum 3:14 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Waters of a siege draw for thyself, Strengthen thy fortresses, Enter into mire, and tread on clay, Make strong a brick-kiln.”
Nahum 3:14 — Young's Literal Translation
Nahum 3:14 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln. ”
Nahum 3:14 — Darby Translation
Nahum 3:14 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Drawe thee waters for the siege: fortifie thy strong holdes: go into the clay, and temper the morter: make strong bricke.”
Nahum 3:14 — Geneva Bible
Nahum 3:14 in Context — Nahum 3
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.
16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
What Does Nahum 3:14 Mean?
Nahum 3:14 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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