NAH 2:13 Parallel Verse View

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ULT “See, I am against you—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts.
 ⇔ I will burn your chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions.
 ⇔ I will cut off your prey from your land, and the voices of your messengers will be heard no more.”

UST Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says to the people of Nineveh,
⇔ “I am your enemy;
⇔ I will cause your chariots to burn in fire and go up in smoke.
⇔ Your young men will be killed with swords.
⇔ I will make all the valuable things you stole from other nations disappear.
⇔ Your messengers will never again take messages to other nations, demanding that
⇔ their armies surrender to them.”

BSB  ⇔ “Behold, I am against you,”
⇔ declares the LORD of Hosts.
 ⇔ “I will send your chariots up in smoke,
⇔ and the sword will devour your young lions.
 ⇔ I will cut off your prey from the earth,
⇔ and the voices of your messengers
⇔ will no longer be heard.”

OEB  ⇔ ‘But see, I am against you,’
⇔ the Lord of hosts declares,
 ⇔ ‘I will burn your chariots in smoke and fire.
⇔ The sword will devour your young lions.
 ⇔ You will never again prey on the land.
⇔ No more will your messengers be heard.’

WEB “Behold, I am against you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

WMB “Behold, I am against you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

NET “I am against you!” declares the Lord who commands armies:
 ⇔ “I will burn your chariots with fire;
 ⇔ the sword will devour your young lions;
 ⇔ you will no longer prey upon the land;
 ⇔ the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

LSV “Behold, I [am] against you,”
A declaration of YHWH of Hosts,
“And I have burned its chariot in smoke,
And a sword consumes your young lions,
And I have cut off your prey from the land,
And the voice of your messengers is not heard anymore!”

FBV Watch out! For I am against you, declares the Lord Almighty. I will set fire to your chariots and they will go up in smoke. Your strong young men[fn] will be killed by the sword. I will stop you plundering other peoples.[fn] The demands of your ambassadors[fn] will no longer be heard.

2:13 Literally, “young lions.”

2:13 Literally, “cut off your prey from the earth.”

2:13 Emissaries: the Assyrians sent their representatives to other nations to demand submission and tribute.

T4T  ⇔ The Commander of the armies of angels says to the people of Nineveh,
 ⇔ “I am opposed to you;
⇔ I will cause your chariots to be burned in fires and go up in smoke.
 ⇔ Your young men will be killed with swords.
⇔ Your soldiers will never again conquer other nations
⇔ and seize their valuable possessions.
 ⇔ Your messengers will never again take messages to other nations, demanding that their armies surrender to them.”

LEB • [fn] Yahweh of hosts. “I will burn her chariots[fn] • the sword will devour fierce lions. • I will cut off your prey from the earth; • the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

?:? Literally “a declaration of”

?:? Literally “with smoke”

BBE See, I am against you, says the Lord of armies, and I will have your war-carriages burned in the smoke, and your young lions will be food for the sword: you will no longer get your food by force on the earth, and the voice of your she-lions will be stopped for ever.

MOF No MOF NAH book available

JPS (2-14) Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions; and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

ASV Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions; and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

DRA Behold I come against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will burn thy chariots even to smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey out of the land, and the voice of thy messengers shall be heard no more.

YLT Lo, I [am] against thee, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And I have burned in smoke its chariot, And thy young lions consume doth a sword, And I have cut off from the land thy prey, And not heard any more is the voice of thy messengers!

DBY Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts: and I will burn her chariots into smoke; and the sword shall devour thy young lions, and I will cut off thy prey from the earth; and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

RV Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

WBS Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

KJB Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
(Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy/your young lions: and I will cut off thy/your prey from the earth, and the voice of thy/your messengers shall no more be heard. )

BB Behold me against thee sayth the Lord of hoastes, & I will burne in smoke her charets, and the sworde shall deuoure thy lions, I will roote out also from the earth thy spoyling, and the voyce of thy messengers shalbe hearde no more.
(Behold me against thee saith/says the Lord of hoastes, and I will burn in smoke her charets, and the sword shall deuoure thy/your lions, I will root out also from the earth thy/your spoyling, and the voice of thy/your messengers shall be heard no more.)

GNV Beholde, I come vnto thee, sayeth the Lord of hostes, and I will burne her charets in the smoke, and the sworde shall deuoure thy yong lyons, and I will cut off thy spoyle from the earth, and the voyce of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
(Behold, I come unto thee, sayeth the Lord of hostes, and I will burn her charets in the smoke, and the sword shall deuoure thy/your yong lyons, and I will cut off thy/your spoyle from the earth, and the voice of thy/your messengers shall no more be heard. )

CB Beholde, I wil vpon the (saieth the LORDE of hoostes) and wil set fyre vpon thy charettes, that they shal smoke withall, and the swerde shal deuoure thy yonge lyons. I wil make an ende of thy spoylinge from out of the earth, & the voyce of thy messaungers shall nomore be herde.
(Behold, I will upon the (saieth the LORD of hoostes) and will set fire upon thy/your charettes, that they shall smoke withall, and the swerde shall deuoure thy/your yonge lyons. I will make an end of thy/your spoylinge from out of the earth, and the voice of thy/your messaungers shall nomore be heard.)

WYC Lo! Y to thee, seith the Lord God of oostis; and Y schal brenne thi cartis of foure horsis til to the hiyeste, and swerd schal ete thi smale liouns; and Y schal distrie thi prei fro the lond, and the vois of thi messangeris schulen no more be herd.
(Lo! I to thee, saith/says the Lord God of oostis; and I shall brenne thy/your cartis of four horsis til to the highest, and swerd shall eat thy/your small liouns; and I shall destroy thy/your prei from the land, and the voice of thy/your messangeris should no more be heard.)

LUT Sondern der Löwe raubete genug für seine Jungen und würgete es seinen Löwinnen; seine Höhlen füllete er mit Raub und seine Wohnung mit dem, das er zerrissen hatte.
(Sondern the Löwe raubete enough for his Yungen and würgete it his Löwinnen; his Höhlen füllete he with Raub and his Wohnung with to_him, the he zerrissen hatte.)

CLV Ecce ego ad te, dicit Dominus exercituum, et succendam usque ad fumum quadrigas tuas, et leunculos tuos comedet gladius, et exterminabo de terra prædam tuam, et non audietur ultra vox nuntiorum tuorum.]
(Behold I to you(sg), dicit Master exercituum, and succendam usque to fumum quadrigas tuas, and leunculos yours comedet gladius, and exterminabo about earth/land prædam tuam, and not/no audietur ultra vox nuntiorum tuorum.] )

BRN The lion seized enough prey for his whelps, and strangled for his young lions, and filled his lair with prey, and his dwelling-place with spoil.

BrLXX Λέων ἥρπασε τὰ ἱκανὰ τοῖς σκύμνοις αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπέπνιξε τοῖς λέουσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔπλησε θήρας νοσσιὰν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ κατοικητήριον αὐτοῦ ἁρπαγῆς.
(Leōn haʸrpase ta hikana tois skumnois autou, kai apepnixe tois leousin autou, kai eplaʸse thaʸras nossian autou, kai to katoikaʸtaʸrion autou harpagaʸs. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) See

(Some words not found in UHB: lion tore in/on/at/with,enough cubs,his and,strangled for,lionesses,his and,filled prey lairs,his and,dens,his torn_flesh )

Alternate translation: “Look” or “Listen” or “Pay attention to what I am about to tell you.”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) the sword will devour your young lions

(Some words not found in UHB: lion tore in/on/at/with,enough cubs,his and,strangled for,lionesses,his and,filled prey lairs,his and,dens,his torn_flesh )

Here the word “sword” is a metonym for soldiers who attack with swords. Alternate translation: “attackers will kill your people with swords”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) I will cut off your prey from your land

(Some words not found in UHB: lion tore in/on/at/with,enough cubs,his and,strangled for,lionesses,his and,filled prey lairs,his and,dens,his torn_flesh )

Yahweh speaks of the nations whom the people of Nineveh had plundered as if they were Nineveh’s prey, and preventing Nineveh from plundering any more nations as if he were cutting off their prey. Alternate translation: “I will stop you from preying upon any other nation”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) the voices of your messengers will be heard no more

(Some words not found in UHB: lion tore in/on/at/with,enough cubs,his and,strangled for,lionesses,his and,filled prey lairs,his and,dens,his torn_flesh )

This likely refers to the messengers that the Assyrians sent out to other nations to demand surrender or payment of tribute. If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “no one will ever hear the voices of your messengers again”

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