7And 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.


In Context

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.

9 Plunder the silver, plunder the gold; for there is no end of the splendid store of all precious vessels.

Nahum 2:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead [her] as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:7It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away. Its slave girls moan like doves and beat upon their breasts.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And the soldier is led away captive: and her bondwomen were led away mourning as doves, murmuring in their hearts.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And Huzzab is uncovered, she is carried away, and her handmaids mourn as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7And it is established — she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.