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BSB  ⇔ Are you better than Thebes,[fn]
⇔ stationed by the Nile with water around her,
 ⇔ whose rampart was the sea,
⇔ whose wall was the water?

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OEB  ⇔ ‘Are you any better than Thebes,
⇔ which stood on the banks of the Nile,
 ⇔ with waters around as a rampart,
⇔ whose wall was the sea of waters?

WEB Are you better than No-Amon,[fn] who was situated among the rivers,[fn] who had the waters around her, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

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NET You are no more secure than Thebes –
 ⇔ she was located on the banks of the Nile;
 ⇔ the waters surrounded her,
 ⇔ her rampart was the sea,
 ⇔ the water was her wall.

LSV Are you better than No-Ammon,
That is dwelling among brooks? Waters she has around her,
Whose bulwark [is] the sea, waters her wall.

FBV Are you any better than the city of Thebes[fn] on the River Nile, surrounded by water? Water was its defense, water was its wall.[fn]

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T4T Your city is certainly [RHQ] no safer than Thebes city was.
⇔ Thebes was an important city beside the Nile River;
⇔ the river was like [SIM] a wall that protected the city [DOU].

LEB  • [fn]She who sits at the Nile, surrounded by her waters, •  her rampart was the sea and water was her wall.

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BBE Are you better than No-amon, seated on the Nile streams, with waters all round her; whose wall was the sea and her earthwork the waters?

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JPS Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and of the sea her wall?

ASV Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

DRA Art thou better than the populous Alexandria, that dwelleth among the rivers? waters are round about it: the sea is its riches, the waters are its walls.

YLT Art thou better than No-Ammon, That is dwelling among brooks? Waters she hath round about her, Whose bulwark [is] the sea, waters her wall.

DBY Art thou better than No-Amon, that was situate among the rivers, [that had] the waters round about her, whose rampart was the sea, [and] of the sea was her wall?

RV Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

WBS Art thou better than populous No, that was situated among the rivers, that had the waters around it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

KJB 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?[fn]
  (Art thou/you 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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BB Wilt thou count thy selfe better then Alexandria the great, that was scituate amonges the riuers, compassed round about with water, whose fortresse was the sea and had her wall from the sea?
  (Wilt thou/you count thyself/yourself better then Alexandria the great, that was scituate amongs the rivers, compassed round about with water, whose fortresse was the sea and had her wall from the sea?)

GNV Art thou better then No, which was ful of people? that lay in the riuers, and had the waters round about it? whose ditche was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
  (Art thou/you better then No, which was full of people? that lay in the rivers, and had the waters round about it? whose ditche was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? )

CB Art thou better then the greate cite of Alexadria? that laye in the waters, and had the waters rounde aboute it: which was strongly fenced & walled with the see?
  (Art thou/you better then the great cite of Alexadria? that lay in the waters, and had the waters round about it: which was strongly fenced and walled with the see?)

WYC Whether thou art betere than Alisaundre of puplis, that dwellith in floodis? Watris ben in cumpas therof, whos richessis is the see, watris ben wallis therof.
  (Whether thou/you art better than Alisaundre of peoples, that dwells in floodis? Watris been in cumpas therof, whos richessis is the see, waters been wallis therof.)

LUT Meinest du, du seiest besser denn die Stadt No der Regenten, die da lag an den Wassern und ringsumher Wasser hatte, welcher Mauern und Feste war das Meer?
  (Mine you, you seiest besser because the city No the Regenten, the there lag at the watern and ringsumher water hatte, which Mauern and Feste was the Meer?)

CLV Numquid melior es Alexandria populorum, quæ habitat in fluminibus? aquæ in circuitu ejus; cujus divitiæ, mare; aquæ, muri ejus.
  (Numquid melior you_are Alexandria populorum, which habitat in fluminibus? aquæ in circuitu his; cuyus divitiæ, mare; aquæ, muri his. )

BRN Prepare thee a portion, tune the chord, prepare a portion for Ammon: she that dwells among the rivers, water is round about her, whose dominion is the sea, and whose walls are water.

BrLXX Ἑτοιμασὰι μερίδα, ἁρμόσαι χορδὴν, ἑτοιμάσαι μερίδα Ἀμμών· ἡ κατοικοῦσα ἐν ποταμοῖς, ὕδωρ κύκλῳ αὐτῆς, ἧς ἡ ἀρχὴ θάλασσα, καὶ ὕδωρ τὰ τείχη αὐτῆς,
  (Hetoimasai merida, harmosai ⱪordaʸn, hetoimasai merida Ammōn; haʸ katoikousa en potamois, hudōr kuklōi autaʸs, haʸs haʸ arⱪaʸ thalassa, kai hudōr ta teiⱪaʸ autaʸs, )