5He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defense shall be prepared.


In Context

2 For the LORD hath turned away the excellence of Jacob, as the excellence of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.

3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir-trees shall be terribly shaken.

4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defense shall be prepared.

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

7 And 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.

Nahum 2:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:5He summons his picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:5He will muster up his valiant men, they shall stumble in their march: they shall quickly get upon the walls thereof: and a covering shall be prepared.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:5He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5He bethinketh him of his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the shelter is prepared.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:5He remembereth his worthies: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten to its wall, and prepared is the covering.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defense shall be prepared.