NAH 2:10 Parallel Verse View

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Original NAH 2:11: Text critical issues=minor/spelling Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX (NAH 2:11) Ἐκτιναγμὸς, καὶ ἀνατιναγμὸς, καὶ ἐκβρασμὸς, καὶ καρδίας θραυσμὸς, καὶ ὑπόλυσις γονάτων, καὶ ὠδίνες ἐπὶ πᾶσαν ὀσφύν· καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον πάντων ὡς πρόσκαυμα χύτρας.
(Ektinagmos, kai anatinagmos, kai ekbrasmos, kai kardias thrausmos, kai hupolusis gonatōn, kai ōdines epi pasan osfun; kai to prosōpon pantōn hōs proskauma ⱪutras.)

BrTr (NAH 2:11) There is thrusting forth, and shaking, and tumult, and heart-breaking, and loosing of knees, and pangs on all loins; and the faces of all are as the blackening of a pot.

ULT Empty and desolate and ruined! And the heart is melted, and a shaking of knees,
⇔ and anguish, is in all loins, and all of their faces gather beauty.

UST Soldiers have completely looted and destroyed the city of Nineveh. The people of Nineveh are afraid, trembling, and deeply sorrowful. Their faces have all become pale with fear.

BSB & MSB She is emptied!
⇔ Yes, she is desolate and laid waste!
⇔ Hearts melt, knees knock,
⇔ bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!

OEB ⇔ Nineveh is empty, desolate, devastated,
⇔ with faint heart and knocking knee.
⇔ There is weakness in every limb,
⇔ and faces grow pale.

WEBBE & WMBB She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.

NET Destruction, devastation, and desolation!
⇔ Their hearts faint,
⇔ their knees tremble,
⇔ each stomach churns, each face turns pale!

LSV She is empty, indeed, emptiness and waste,
And the heart has melted,
And the knees have struck together,
And great pain [is] in all loins,
And the faces of all of them have gathered paleness.

FBV Deserted, destroyed, devastated! Hearts faint, knees tremble, stomachs ache. Everyone's faces turn pale.

T4T Soon everything valuable in the city will be seized or ruined.
⇔ People will be trembling, with the result that they will not be able to fight.
⇔ Their faces will all become pale.

LEB • Emptiness and plundering and devastation!
• Their hearts faint and their knees tremble,[fn]
• All their loins shake[fn] and all their faces turn[fn] pale.

2:? Or “totter”

2:? Literally “And shaking of all loins”

2:? Literally “gather”

BBE Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces.

Moff She is desolate, dreary, drained--
⇔ hearts are fainting, knees are shaking,
⇔ anguish settles on all loins,
⇔ black fear on all faces.

JPS (NAH 2:11) (2-12) Where is the den of the lions, which was the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?

ASV She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale.

DRA She is destroyed, and rent, and torn: the heart melteth, and the knees fail, and all the loins lose their strength: and the faces of them all are as the blackness of a kettle.

YLT 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.

Drby She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and writhing pain is in all loins, and all their faces grow pale.

RV She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale.
(She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed/grew pale.)

SLT She was emptied, and being emptied, and being made empty: and the heart melted, and a wavering of the knees, and trembling in all loins, and the face of them all gathered a glow.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 Shee is emptie, and voide, and waste, and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much paine is in all loynes, and the faces of them all gather blacknesse.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Sacking, resacking, rasing, a dissolued heart and collision of knees, sorow in all loynes also, and the faces of them all as blacke as a pot.
(Sacking, resacking, razing, a dissolved heart and collision of knees, sorrow in all loins also, and the faces of them all as black as a pot.)

Gnva She is emptie and voyde and waste, and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and sorowe is in all loynes, and the faces of the all gather blackenesse.
(She is empty and void and waste, and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and sorrow is in all loins, and the faces of the all gather blackness.)

Cvdl Thus must she be spoyled, emptied & clene striped out: that their hertes maye be melted awaye, their knees treble, all their loynes be weake, and their faces blacke as a pot.
(Thus must she be spoiled, emptied and clean striped out: that their hearts may be melted away, their knees treble, all their loins be weak, and their faces black as a pot.)

Wycl It is distried, and kit, and to-rent, and herte failynge, and vnknyttinge of smale knees, and failynge in alle reynes; and the face of alle ben as blacnesse of a pot.
(It is destroyed, and kit, and to-rent, and heart failing, and unknitting of small knees, and failing in all reins; and the face of all been as blackness of a pot.)

Luth (NAH 2:11) Aber nun muß sie rein abgelesen und geplündert werden, daß ihr Herz muß verzagen, die Kniee schlottern, alle Lenden zittern, und aller Angesicht bleich sehen, wie ein Topf.
(But now must they/she/them pure gleaned and plundered/looted become, that you(pl)/their/her heart must despair, the knees tremble, all lumbar tremble/shake, and all face pale/pallid see, as/like a pot.)

ClVg Dissipata est, et scissa, et dilacerata; et cor tabescens, et dissolutio geniculorum, et defectio in cunctis renibus, et facies omnium eorum sicut nigredo ollæ.
(Scattered it_is, and split, and torn_to_pieces; and heart melting, and disintegration geniculorum, and desertion in/into/on to_all kidneys, and faces of_all their like blackness pot.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

בּוּקָ֥ה וּ⁠מְבוּקָ֖ה וּ⁠מְבֻלָּקָ֑ה

devastation and,emptiness (Some words not found in UHB: devastation and,emptiness and,devastation and,a_heart melt and,tottering_of knees and,anguish in=all loins and,the_faces_of all_of_them_of,their grows pale )

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [Nineveh is empty and desolate and ruined]

Note 2 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

וְ⁠לֵ֨ב

and,a_heart

In this verse, the word heart is singular in form, but it refers to each person’s heart as a group. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this plainly. Alternate translation: [And everyone’s heart]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠לֵ֨ב נָמֵ֜ס

and,a_heart melt

Nahum is speaking of a heart as if it could melt, using this expression to communicate how people have lost their courage. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [The people experience a loss of courage]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠חַלְחָלָה֙ בְּ⁠כָל־מָתְנַ֔יִם

and,anguish (Some words not found in UHB: devastation and,emptiness and,devastation and,a_heart melt and,tottering_of knees and,anguish in=all loins and,the_faces_of all_of_them_of,their grows pale )

Here, loins represents the abdomen area where people feel strong emotions. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [everyone feels anguish inside them]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

קִבְּצ֥וּ פָארֽוּר

(Some words not found in UHB: devastation and,emptiness and,devastation and,a_heart melt and,tottering_of knees and,anguish in=all loins and,the_faces_of all_of_them_of,their grows pale )

Nahum is using the term beauty to mean paleness by association with the way pale skin was considered beautiful in that culture. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [become pale]

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