NAH 2:6 Parallel Verse View

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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 2:7) Πύλαι τῶν πόλεων διηνοίχθησαν, καὶ τὰ βασίλεια διέπεσε,
(Pulai tōn poleōn diaʸnoiⱪthaʸsan, kai ta basileia diepese,)

BrTr (NAH 2:7) The gates of the cities have been opened, and the palaces have fallen into ruin,

ULT The gates of the rivers have been opened, and the palace has melted away.

UST Soldiers open the floodgates that hold back the rivers,
⇔ and the palace collapses.

BSB & MSB The river gates are thrown open
⇔ and the palace collapses.

OEB ⇔ The water-gates are thrown open,
⇔ and the palace dissolves in ruins.

WEBBE & WMBB The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

NET The sluice gates are opened;
⇔ the royal palace is deluged and dissolves.

LSV Gates of the rivers have been opened,
And the palace is dissolved.

FBV The river gates are opened; the palace washes away.[fn]

2:6 Or “dissolves in fear.”

T4T But, the gates of the dams on the rivers will be thrown open by enemy soldiers,
⇔ and the flood will cause the palace to collapse.

LEB • The gates of the river are opened;
• the palace trembles.

BBE The river doorways are forced open, and the king's house is flowing away.

Moff the water-gates are forced,
⇔ the palace is in panic,

JPS (NAH 2:7) (2-8) And the queen is uncovered, she is carried away, and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

ASV The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

DRA The gates of the rivers are opened, and the temple is thrown down to the ground.

YLT Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.

Drby The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace melteth away.

RV The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

SLT The gates of the rivers were opened, and the temple melted away.

Wbstr The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.

KJB-1769 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.[fn]

2.6 dissolved: or, molten

KJB-1611 [fn]The gates of the riuers shall bee opened, and the palace shall bee dissolued.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

2:6 Or, molten.

Bshps The riuer gates are opened, and the palace dissolued.
(The river gates are opened, and the palace dissolved.)

Gnva The gates of the riuers shalbe opened, and the palace shall melt.
(The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall melt.)

Cvdl The water portes shal be opened, and the kinges palace shall fall.
(The water ports shall be opened, and the kings palace shall fall.)

Wycl Yatis of floodis ben openyd, and the temple is brokun doun to erthe.
(Yatis of floods been opened, and the temple is broken down to earth.)

Luth (NAH 2:7) Aber die Tore an den Wassern werden doch geöffnet, und der Palast wird untergehen.
(But the gates/goals at/to the water become though/but open, and the/of_the palace becomes go_under/sink.)

ClVg Portæ fluviorum apertæ sunt, et templum ad solum dirutum.
(Gates of_rivers open are, and the_temple/sanctuary to only demolished.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-tense

שַׁעֲרֵ֥י הַ⁠נְּהָר֖וֹת נִפְתָּ֑חוּ וְ⁠הַֽ⁠הֵיכָ֖ל נָמֽוֹג

(Some words not found in UHB: gates_of of,the_rivers opened and,the,palace trembles )

The author uses the past tense here in order to refer to something that will certainly happen in the future. If it would not be natural to do that in your language, you could use the future tense. Alternate translation: [The gates of the rivers will open, and the palace will melt away]

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

שַׁעֲרֵ֥י הַ⁠נְּהָר֖וֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: gates_of of,the_rivers opened and,the,palace trembles )

This refers to the gates that controlled the flow and direction of the river.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

נִפְתָּ֑חוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: gates_of of,the_rivers opened and,the,palace trembles )

If your language does not use a passive form like have been opened, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [have opened] or [stand open]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠הַֽ⁠הֵיכָ֖ל נָמֽוֹג

and,the,palace trembles

The author is speaking of the palace as if it could melt to express how the flood of water will destroy the palace. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and the floodwaters have destroyed the palace]

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