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


In Context

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

6 Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.

7 And 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.

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

9 Seize ye silver, seize ye gold, And there is no end to the prepared things, To the abundance of all desirable vessels.

10 She is empty, yea, emptiness and waste, And the heart hath melted, And the knees have smitten together, And great pain is in all loins, And the faces of all of them have gathered paleness.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:8Nineveh is like a pool, and its water is draining away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one turns 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 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.