Nahum 3:9 KJV — MannaFest

Nahum 3:9

Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

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ASV

Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

WEB

Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.

YLT

Cush her might, and Egypt, and there is no end. Put and Lubim have been for thy help.

DBT

Ethiopia was her strength, and Egypt, and it was infinite; Phut and the Libyans were her helpers.

About this book

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Nahum — 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)

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2 Chronicles 12:3
With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
Ezekiel 30:5
Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
Ezekiel 27:10
They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
Daniel 11:43
But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
Isaiah 20:5
And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

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Ethiopia, or Arabia, was her strength, either by the wealth brought to her in a way of trade or by the auxiliary forces furnished for military service. The whole country of Egypt also contributed to the strength of this populous city; so that it was infinite, and there was no end of it (so it might be rendered);

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

As, however, the Lubim are always connected with the Egyptians and Ethiopians, they are perhaps distinct from the Libyans. The Lubim were probably at first wandering tribes, who afterwards were settled under Carthage in the region of Cyrene, under the name Libyans. thy--No's. helpers--literally, "in thy help," that is, among thy auxiliaries.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

It was infinite - There was no end to their confidence and warlike provisions. Put - Or the Moors, who lie westward of Alexandria. Lubim - The people that inhabited that which is now called Cyrene.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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NAH 3:9EZE 27:10 EZE 30:5
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
NAH 3:9EZE 38:5 EZE 27:10
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
NAH 3:9EZE 27:10 EZE 38:5
NAH 3:92CH 12:3 2CH 16:8
NAH 3:9EZE 30:5 JER 25:20
NAH 3:9EZE 38:5 GEN 10:6
NAH 3:9ISA 20:5 ISA 30:3
NAH 3:9ISA 20:5 ISA 30:5

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