Nahum 3:14
Nahum chapter 3 · verse 14 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Draw thee water for the siege; strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Draw thee water for the siege; strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln.
Context
v.13Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women; the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire hath devoured thy bars.
v.14This passage
v.15There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the canker-worm: make thyself many as the canker-worm; make thyself many as the locust.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 22:9
And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool;
- Jeremiah 46:3
Prepare ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
- 2 Chronicles 32:11
Doth not Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Jehovah our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
- Isaiah 37:25
I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
- Isaiah 8:9
Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces.
- Joel 3:9
Proclaim ye this among the nations; prepare war; stir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.