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Nahum 2

13 aligned verses; 13 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse YLT Young's Literal Translation KJV King James Version
Come up hath a scatterer to thy face , Keep the bulwark , watch the way, Strengthen the loins, strengthen 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 turned back hath Jehovah to the excellency of Jacob, As `to' the excellency of Israel , For emptied them out have emptiers , And their branches they have marred .
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 ones is become red, Men of might ` are in ' scarlet , With fiery torches `is' the chariot in a day of his preparation, And the firs have been caused to tremble .
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 .
In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances `are' like torches, As lightnings they run.
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 doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten ` to ' its wall, and prepared is the covering .
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 .
Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
And it is established -- she hath removed , She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts .
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 .
And Nineveh ` is ' as a pool of waters, From of old it `is' -- and they are fleeing! ` Stand ye , stand; ' and none is turning!
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.
Seize ye silver, seize ye gold , And there is no end to the prepared things, `To' the abundance of all desirable vessels .
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, yea , emptiness and waste , And the heart hath melted , And the knees have smitten together, And great pain ` is ' in all loins, And the faces of all of them have gathered paleness .
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 habitation of lionesses? And a feeding-place it `is' for young lions Where walked hath a lion, an old lion, A lion's whelp, and there is none troubling.
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 is tearing parts ` for ' his whelps, And is strangling for his lionesses, And he doth fill `with' prey his holes, And his habitations ` with ' rapine .
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 .
Lo , I ` am ' against thee, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And I have burned in smoke its chariot , And thy young lions consume doth a sword, And I have cut off from the land thy prey, And not heard any more is the voice of thy messengers !
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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