6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace melteth away.


In Context

3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots glitter with the sheen of steel, in the day of his preparation, and the spears are brandished.

4 The chariots rush madly in the streets, they justle one against another in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches, they run like lightnings.

5 He bethinketh him of his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the shelter is prepared.

6 The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace melteth away.

7 And it is decreed: she shall be uncovered, she shall be led away, and her maids shall moan as with the voice of doves, drumming upon their breasts.

8 Nineveh hath been like a pool of water, since the day she existed, yet they flee away. ... Stand! Stand! But none looketh back.

Nahum 2:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:6The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the temple is thrown down to the ground.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.