Devine Scripture

Nahum 3:7

Nahum chapter 3 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

Context

v.6And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock.

v.7This passage

v.8Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

Cross references

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

  • Revelation 18:10

    standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

  • Jeremiah 51:41

    How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

  • Jeremiah 51:9

    We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

  • Nahum 1:1

    The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

  • Lamentations 2:13

    What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

  • Isaiah 51:19

    These two things are befallen thee, who shall bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort thee?