9Ethiopia was her strength, and Egypt, and it was infinite; Phut and the Libyans were her helpers.


In Context

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

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

8 Art thou better than No-Amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her, whose rampart was the sea, and of the sea was her wall?

9 Ethiopia was her strength, and Egypt, and it was infinite; Phut and the Libyans were her helpers.

10 She too was carried away, she went into captivity: her infants also were dashed in pieces, at the top of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound with chains.

11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek a refuge from the enemy.

Nahum 3:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Ethiopia and Egypt [were] her strength, and [it was] infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were among her allies.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Ethiopia and Egypt were the strength thereof, and there is no end: Africa and the Libyans were thy helpers.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Cush and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Cush her might, and Egypt, and there is no end. Put and Lubim have been for thy help.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were your helpers.