Nahum 2:7 Parallel Translations

The LORD has determined: "It will be stripped. It will be carried away. Its young women will be mourning like doves as they beat their breasts."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.

BBE:

And the queen is uncovered, she is taken away and her servant-girls are weeping like the sound of doves, hammering on their breasts.

DBY:

And it is decreed: she shall be uncovered, she shall be led away, and her maids shall moan as with the voice of doves, drumming upon their breasts.

ERV:

And Huzzab is uncovered, she is carried away, and her handmaids mourn as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

JPS:

And the queen is uncovered, she is carried away, and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.

YLT:

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.

Nahum 2:7 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 32:12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,

Isaiah 38:14 "Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

Isaiah 59:11 All of us growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We hope for justice, but there is none, For salvation, but it is far from us. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

2:7 Huzzab - The queen. The voice of doves - Sighing out their complaints. Upon their breasts - Instead of musical instruments, on which they were used to play, now they only strike their breasts.

MHC:

2:1-10 Nineveh shall not put aside this judgment; there is no counsel or strength against the Lord. God looks upon proud cities, and brings them down. Particular account is given of the terrors wherein the invading enemy shall appear against Nineveh. The empire of Assyria is represented as a queen, about to be led captive to Babylon. Guilt in the conscience fills men with terror in an evil day; and what will treasures or glory do for us in times of distress, or in the day of wrath? Yet for such things how many lose their souls!

CONC:

Beat Beating Breasts Captive Carried Decreed Doves Drumming Established Exiled Fixed Girls Hammering Handmaids Hearts Huzzab Lamenting Lead Leading Led Maidens Maids Mistress Moan Moaning Queen Removed Servant-girls Slave Stripped Tabering Uncovered Voice Weeping

Beating Breasts Captive Carried City Decreed Doves Established Fixed Girls Hammering Handmaids Led Maidens Maids Mistress Moan Moaning Queen Removed Servant-Girls Slave Sound Stripped Uncovered Voice Weeping

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