Nahum 2:5

Nahum chapter 2 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.4The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.

v.5This passage

v.6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Nahum 3:3

    the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies; they stumble upon their bodies;—

  • Isaiah 5:27

    None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

  • Nahum 3:18

    Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy nobles are at rest; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and there is none to gather them.

  • Jeremiah 46:12

    The nations have heard of thy shame, and the earth is full of thy cry; for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.

  • Isaiah 21:5

    They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.

  • Jeremiah 50:29

    Call together the archers against Babylon, all them that bend the bow; encamp against her round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her; for she hath been proud against Jehovah, against the Holy One of Israel.