Nahum 3:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.”

Nahum 3:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Nahum 3:6 in 6 Bible Translations

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Nahum 3:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“I will throw abominable filth on you and make you vile, and will make you a spectacle.”

Nahum 3:6 — World English Bible

Nahum 3:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock. ”

Nahum 3:6 — American Standard Version

Nahum 3:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And I have cast upon thee abominations, And dishonoured thee, and made thee as a sight.”

Nahum 3:6 — Young's Literal Translation

Nahum 3:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing stock. ”

Nahum 3:6 — Darby Translation

Nahum 3:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And I will cast filth vpon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gasing stocke.”

Nahum 3:6 — Geneva Bible

Nahum 3:6 in Context — Nahum 3

4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.

7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

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?

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What Does Nahum 3:6 Mean?

Nahum 3:6 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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