Nahum 2:8

Bible › Nahum › Chapter 2 › Verse 8

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.

In other translations

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.

Hebrew words

וְנִינְוֵהveninevehand NinevehH5210כִבְרֵכַת־khivrekhat-[was] like a pool ofH1295מַיִםmayimwaterH4325מִימֵיmimeifrom [the] days ofH3117הִיאhi'itH1931וְהֵמָּהvehemahand theyH1992נָסִיםnasim[are] fleeingH5127עִמְדוּ'imdustopH5975עֲמֹדוּ'amodustopH5975וְאֵיןve'einand there notH369מַפְנֶה׃mafneh[is one who] turns backH6437

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.

People and places

Places: Nineveh

Dark mode