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.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsHe remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.
He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten to its wall, and prepared is the covering.
He bethinketh him of his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the shelter is prepared.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNahum — A century after Jonah, Nineveh is still Nineveh — and Nahum's burden is the city's destruction. Three short chapters of breathtaking poetry on the fall of Assyria's capital.
- Author
- Nahum the Elkoshite (1:1)
- Date
- Between 663 BC (the fall of Thebes, 3:8) and 612 BC (Nineveh's actual fall)