Nahum 3:13
Bible › Nahum › Chapter 3 › Verse 13
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.Look at your troops— they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
In other translations
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.Look at your troops— they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
Hebrew words
הִנֵּהhinehthere!H2009עַמֵּךְ'amekhpeople yourH5971נָשִׁיםnashim[are] womenH802בְּקִרְבֵּךְbekirbekhin midst yourH7130לְאֹיְבַיִךְle'oyevayikhto enemies yourH341פָּתוֹחַpatoachcertainly <to open>H6605נִפְתְּחוּniftechuthey will be openedH6605שַׁעֲרֵיsha'arei[the] gates ofH8179אַרְצֵךְ'artzekhland yourH776אָכְלָה'akhelahit will consumeH398אֵשׁ'eshfireH784בְּרִיחָיִך׃berichayikhbars yourH1280
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Jeremiah 51:30The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.
- Isaiah 19:16In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shaketh over it.In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.
- Jeremiah 50:37A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
- Nahum 2:6The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.
- Isaiah 45:1-21 Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; 2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:1 This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: 2 “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
- Psalm 107:16For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
- Psalm 147:13For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you.
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