NAH 2:5 Parallel Verse View

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2:6 Note: KJB: Nah.2.5

2:6 OSHB variant note: ב/הלכות/ם: (x-qere) ’בַּ/הֲלִֽיכָתָ֑/ם’: lemma=b/1979 n=1 morph=HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp id=34dAC בַּ/הֲלִֽיכָתָ֑/ם

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 2:6) Καὶ μνησθήσονται οἱ μεγιστᾶνες αὐτῶν, καὶ φεύξονται ἡμέρας, καὶ ἀσθενήσουσιν ἐν τῇ πορείᾳ αὐτῶν, καὶ σπεύσουσιν ἐπὶ τὰ τείχη αὐτῆς, καὶ ἑτοιμάσουσι τὰς προφυλακὰς αὐτῶν.
(Kai mnaʸsthaʸsontai hoi megistanes autōn, kai feuxontai haʸmeras, kai asthenaʸsousin en taʸ poreia autōn, kai speusousin epi ta teiⱪaʸ autaʸs, kai hetoimasousi tas profulakas autōn.)

BrTr (NAH 2:6) And their mighty men shall bethink themselves and flee by day; and they shall be weak as they go; and they shall hasten to her walls, and shall prepare their defences.

ULT He calls his officers; they stumble in their advance;
⇔ they hurry to her city wall. The siege-shelter is prepared.

UST The attacking commander calls to his officers
⇔ and they come to him so quickly that they stumble.
⇔ They run up to the city wall to attack it;
⇔ they set up a large wooden shield above the soldiers to protect them.

BSB & MSB He summons his nobles;
⇔ they stumble as they advance.
⇔ They race to its wall;
⇔ the protective shield is set in place.

OEB ⇔ A leader rallies his nobles,
⇔ they hurl themselves forward.
⇔ They speed on toward the wall;
⇔ the storming-shield is set up.

WEBBE & WMBB He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.

NET The commander orders his officers;
⇔ they stumble as they advance;
⇔ they rush to the city wall
⇔ and they set up the covered siege tower.

LSV He remembers his majestic ones,
They stumble in their goings,
They hurry [to] its wall,
And the covering is prepared.

FBV He shouts orders to his officers. They stumble as they rush to attack the wall. The battering ram is set up.

T4T ⇔ Meanwhile, your king will summon his officers
⇔ who will stumble as they try to come quickly.
⇔ They will dash to the city wall,
⇔ holding their shields to protect themselves.

LEB • He calls his officers;
• they stumble as they march;
• they rush to her wall;
• they set the covering[fn] in place.

2:? The Hebrew word describes a small portable roof to protect siege warriors from arrows and debris hurled at them from the fortified city wall

BBE He takes the record of his great men: they go falling on their way; they go quickly to the wall, the cover is made ready.

Moff then he masses the picked men,
⇔ they charge ahead,
⇔ they rush to the wall,
⇔ and the mantlet is fixed;

JPS (NAH 2:6) (2-7) The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

ASV He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.

DRA He will muster up his valiant men, they shall stumble in their march: they shall quickly get upon the walls thereof: and a covering shall be prepared.

YLT He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten [to] its wall, and prepared is the covering.

Drby He bethinketh him of his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the shelter is prepared.

RV He remembereth his worthies: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
(He remembereth/remembers his worthies: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.)

SLT He shall make mention of his chiefs: they shall be weak in their goings; they shall hasten to her wall, and the covering was prepared.

Wbstr He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defense shall be prepared.

KJB-1769 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.[fn][fn]

2.5 worthies: or, gallants

2.5 defence: Heb. covering, or, coverer

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]Hee shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walke: they shall make haste to the wal thereof, and the defence shall bee prepared.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

2:5 Or, gallants

2:5 Hebr. couering or couerer.

Bshps He shall remember his notable souldiours, they shal stumble in goyng, they shall hasten to the wall, the couering fence is prepared.
(He shall remember his notable soldiers, they shall stumble in going, they shall hasten to the wall, the covering fence is prepared.)

Gnva He shall remember his strong men: they shall stumble as they goe: they shall make haste to the walles thereof, and the defence shall bee prepared.
(He shall remember his strong men: they shall stumble as they go: they shall make haste to the walls thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.)

Cvdl When he doth but warne his giauntes, they fall in their araye, & haistely they clymme vp the walles: yee the engyns of the warre are prepared all ready.
(When he doeth/does but warn his giants, they fall in their array, and hastily they climb up the walls: ye/you_all the engines of the war are prepared all ready.)

Wycl He schal bithenke of his stronge men, thei schulen falle in her weies; and swiftli thei schulen stie on the wallis therof, and schadewyng place schal be maad redi.
(He shall remember of his strong men, they should fall in her ways; and swiftly they should ascend on the walls thereof, and shadowing place shall be made ready.)

Luth (NAH 2:6) Er aber wird an seine Gewaltigen gedenken; doch werden dieselbigen fallen, wo sie hinaus wollen; und werden eilen zur Mauer und zu dem Schirm, da sie sicher seien.
(He but becomes at/to his mighty_(ones) commemorate; though/but become the_same fall/drop, where they/she/them out want; and become hurry to/for wall and to/for to_him screen(n), there they/she/them secure be.)

ClVg Recordabitur fortium suorum; ruent in itineribus suis: velociter ascendent muros ejus, et præparabitur umbraculum.
(It_will_be_remembered of_the_brave of_his_own; rush in/into/on journeys to_his_own: quickly they_will_climb the_walls his/her, and will_be_prepared shade.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

יִזְכֹּר֙

(Some words not found in UHB: calls his_of,nobles stumble ,,their hasten wall_of,its and,it_is_prepared the,cover )

The pronoun He could refer to: (1) Yahweh or Yahweh’s chosen commander, the “scatterer” from [verse 1](../02/01.md). Alternate translation: [The attacker calls]; (2) The commander of Nineveh’s army. Alternate translation: [Nineveh’s commander calls]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

חֽוֹמָתָ֔⁠הּ

wall_of,its

The pronoun her refers to Nineveh. If this is not clear for your readers, you could use the name. Alternate translation: [to Nineveh’s wall]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ⁠הֻכַ֖ן הַ⁠סֹּכֵֽךְ

and,it_is_prepared (Some words not found in UHB: calls his_of,nobles stumble ,,their hasten wall_of,its and,it_is_prepared the,cover )

If your language does not use a passive form like is prepared, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [They prepare the siege shelter]

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