12All thy fortresses are fig-trees with first-fruits, If they are shaken, They have fallen into the mouth of the eater.


In Context

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

10 Even she doth become an exile, She hath gone into captivity, Even her sucklings are dashed to pieces At the top of all out-places, And for her honoured ones they cast a lot, And all her great ones have been bound in fetters.

11 Even thou art drunken, thou art hidden, Even thou dost seek a strong place, because of an enemy.

12 All thy fortresses are fig-trees with first-fruits, If they are shaken, They have fallen into the mouth of the eater.

13 Lo, thy people are women in thy midst, To thine enemies thoroughly opened Have been the gates of thy land, Consumed hath fire thy bars.

14 Waters of a siege draw for thyself, Strengthen thy fortresses, Enter into mire, and tread on clay, Make strong a brick-kiln.

Nahum 3:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:12All thy strong holds [shall be like] fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:12All your fortresses are like fig trees with their first ripe fruit; when they are shaken, the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:12All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with their green figs: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:12All thy fortresses shall be like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12All thy strongholds are like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they even fall into the mouth of the eater.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:12All thy fortresses shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12All thy strong holds shall be like fig-trees with the first ripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:12All your strong holds shall be like fig trees with the first ripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.