Devine Scripture

Nahum 2:6

Nahum chapter 2 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

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

v.6This passage

v.7And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.

Cross references

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

  • Isaiah 45:1

    Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:

  • 2 Peter 3:10

    But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.