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.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

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 summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.
- Berean Standard Bible 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 will muster up his valiant men, they shall stumble in their march: they shall quickly get upon the walls thereof: and a covering shall be prepared.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

He remembereth his worthies: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
- English Revised Version

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

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.