Nahum 3:9

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Nahum 3:9

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Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Nahum 3

⁷ Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”

⁸ Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?

⁹ Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.

¹⁰ Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.

¹¹ You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.

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