8Nineveh is like a pool, and its water is draining away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one turns back.


In Context

5 He summons his picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.

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

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

8 Nineveh is like a pool, and its water is draining away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one turns back.

9 Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The supply is endless, the wealth from all its treasures!

10 She is pillaged, plundered, stripped! Hearts melt, knees give way, bodies tremble, every face grows pale.

Nahum 2:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, [shall they cry;] but none shall look back.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:8And as for Ninive, her waters are like a great pool, but the men flee away. They cry: Stand, stand, but there is none that will return back.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:8But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry ; but none looketh back.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8Nineveh hath been like a pool of water, since the day she existed, yet they flee away. ... Stand! Stand! But none looketh back.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:8But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away; Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. |Stop! Stop!| they cry, but no one looks back.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8And Nineveh is as a pool of waters, From of old it is — and they are fleeing! 'Stand ye, stand;' and none is turning!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.