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Nahum 2

13 aligned verses; 13 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse WEB World English Bible KJV King James Version
He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way ! Strengthen your loins ! Fortify your power mightily !
He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way , make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily .
For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel ; for the destroyers have destroyed them, and ruined their vine branches.
For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel : for the emptiers have emptied them out , and marred their vine branches.
The shield of his mighty men is made red . The valiant men are in scarlet . The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished .
The shield of his mighty men is made red , the valiant men are in scarlet : the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken .
The chariots rage in the streets . They rush back and forth in the broad ways . Their appearance is like torches . They run like the lightnings.
The chariots shall rage in the streets , they shall justle one against another in the broad ways : they shall seem like torches , they shall run like the lightnings.
He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place .
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 .
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
It is decreed: she is uncovered , she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
And Huzzab shall be led away captive , she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water , yet they flee away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry , but no one looks back.
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.
Take the spoil of silver . Take the spoil of gold , for there is no end of the store , the glory of all goodly furniture.
Take ye the spoil of silver , take the spoil of gold : for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
She is empty, void, and waste . The heart melts , the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale .
She is empty, and void, and waste : and the heart melteth , and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness .
Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion's cubs , and no one made them afraid?
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion , even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp , and none made them afraid?
The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs , and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill , and his dens with prey .
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps , and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey , and his dens with ravin .
" Behold, I am against you , " says Yahweh of Hosts, " and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions ; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard. "
Behold, I am against thee , saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions : and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

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