Verse List for NAH 3:8

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OET (OET-RV) ⇔  Are you better than Thebes city[fn] was, ⇔  where the Nile surrounded and protected her? ⇔ ≈ Where the water was one of her secure walls.

OET-LV Have_you _been _made _good more_than _Noʼ/(Thebes) Amon which_was_dwelling among_canals water was_all _around to/for_her/it which rampart _of was_the_sea was_from_sea wall _of_its.

ULT Are you better than Thebes, situated on the Nile River, water all around her, ⇔ whose defense, was the sea, water her wall?

UST Nineveh is not stronger than the city of Thebes was. ⇔  Thebes was an important city beside the Nile River; ⇔  deep water protected Thebes on all sides.

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

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?

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

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]

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
• Are you better than Thebes?[fn]
• She who sits at the Nile, surrounded by her waters,
• her rampart was the sea and water was her wall.

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?

Moff Will you fare better than No of Amon, ⇔ entrenched by the streams of the Nile, ⇔  with waters around her-- ⇔ her rampart the Nile, ⇔  and waters her wall,

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.

Drby 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?
(Art/Are thou/you 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?)

SLT Wilt thou be good above No, the builder dwelling among the rivers, the waters round about to her, whose strength the sea, from the sea her wall?

Wbstr 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-1769 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/Are 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?)

KJB-1611 [fn]Art thou better then populous No, that was scituate among the riuers that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
(Art/Are thou/you better then 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?)

Bshps 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/Will thou/you count thyself/yourself better then Alexandria the great, that was situate amonges the rivers, compassed/surrounded round about with water, whose fortress was the sea and had her wall from the sea?)

Gnva 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/Are 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?)

Cvdl 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/Are 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?)

Wycl 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 dwelleth/dwells in floods? Waters been in compass/all_around thereof, whose riches is the sea, waters been walls thereof.)

Luth 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?
(My you(sg), you(sg) be better because/than the city No the/of_the kings, the there lag at/to the water and all_around water had, which walls and festivals what/which the sea?)

ClVg Numquid melior es Alexandria populorum, quæ habitat in fluminibus? aquæ in circuitu ejus; cujus divitiæ, mare; aquæ, muri ejus.
(Is_it better you_are Alexandria of_the_peoples, which he_lives in/into/on rivers? water in/into/on around his/her; whose wealth, the_sea; water, walls his/her.)

UHB הֲ⁠תֵֽיטְבִי֙ מִ⁠נֹּ֣א אָמ֔וֹן הַ⁠יֹּֽשְׁבָה֙ בַּ⁠יְאֹרִ֔ים מַ֖יִם סָבִ֣יב לָ֑⁠הּ אֲשֶׁר־חֵ֣יל יָ֔ם מִ⁠יָּ֖ם חוֹמָתָֽ⁠הּ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἑτοιμασὰι μερίδα, ἁρμόσαι χορδὴν, ἑτοιμάσαι μερίδα Ἀμμών· ἡ κατοικοῦσα ἐν ποταμοῖς, ὕδωρ κύκλῳ αὐτῆς, ἧς ἡ ἀρχὴ θάλασσα, καὶ ὕδωρ τὰ τείχη αὐτῆς,

BrTr 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.