Nahum 2:5
“Hee shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walke: they shall make haste to the wal thereof, and the defence shall bee prepared.”
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Nahum 2:5 Context
3The shield of his mightie men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the charets shall bee with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the firre trees shall bee terribly shaken. 4The charets shall rage in the streets, they shall iustle one against another in the broad wayes: they shall seeme like torches, they shall runne like the lightnings. 5Hee shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walke: they shall make haste to the wal thereof, and the defence shall bee prepared. 6The gates of the riuers shall bee opened, and the palace shall bee dissolued. 7And Huzzab shall be led away captiue, she shall be brought vp, and her maids shall leade her as with the voyce of doues, tabring vpon their breasts.
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Other Translations for Nahum 2:5
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.
- King James Version
He remembers his nobles; They stumble in their march, They hurry to her wall, And the mantelet is set up.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
- American Standard Version (1901)
He takes the record of his great men: they go falling on their way; they go quickly to the wall, the cover is made ready.
- Basic English Bible
He bethinketh him of his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the shelter is prepared.
- Darby Bible
He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defense shall be prepared.
- Webster's Bible
He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
- World English Bible
He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten [to] its wall, and prepared is the covering.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(2:6) He bethinketh himself of his worthies; they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Nahum 2:5
2:5 He - The king of Babylon. His worthies - Approved officers and commanders. Stumble - Shew such forwardness, that they shall not stand to pick their way. They - The Assyrians to defend, the Chaldeans to assault the walls of Nineveh.