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


In Context

6 I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle.

7 It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, 'Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?' Where will I seek comforters for you?|

8 Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

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

10 Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

11 You also will be drunken. You will be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Ethiopia was her strength, and Egypt, and it was infinite; Phut and the Libyans were her 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 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.