Nahum 3:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNahum 3:8 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
הֲתֵֽיטְבִי֙
yâṭab
H3190
to be good
מִנֹּ֣א
Nôʼ
H4996
No
אָמ֔וֹן
ʼÂmôwn
H528
Amon
הַיֹּֽשְׁבָה֙
yâshab
H3427
to dwell
בַּיְאֹרִ֔ים
yᵉʼôr
H2975
river
מַ֖יִם
mayim
H4325
water
סָבִ֣יב
çâbîyb
H5439
round about
לָ֑הּ
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
חֵ֣יל
chêyl
H2426
fortress
יָ֔ם
yâm
H3220
sea
מִיָּ֖ם
yâm
H3220
sea
חוֹמָתָֽהּ
chôwmâh
H2346
wall
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?
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King James Version Public Domain
Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Are you better than Thebes, situated on the Nile River, water all around her, whose defense the sea, water her wall?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).