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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.
3:8 Ancient No-Amon—modern Luxor in Egypt.
OET-LV Better than_No ʼĀmōn the_sat in/on/at/with_nile water [was]_all_around to/for_her/it which rampart [was_the]_sea of_water wall_her.
UHB הֲתֵֽיטְבִי֙ מִנֹּ֣א אָמ֔וֹן הַיֹּֽשְׁבָה֙ בַּיְאֹרִ֔ים מַ֖יִם סָבִ֣יב לָ֑הּ אֲשֶׁר־חֵ֣יל יָ֔ם מִיָּ֖ם חוֹמָתָֽהּ׃ ‡
(hₐtēyţəⱱī minnoʼ ʼāmōn hayyoshⱱāh bayəʼorim mayim şāⱱiyⱱ lāh ʼₐsher-ḩēyl yām miyyām ḩōmātāh.)
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 Ἑτοιμασὰι μερίδα, ἁρμόσαι χορδὴν, ἑτοιμάσαι μερίδα Ἀμμών· ἡ κατοικοῦσα ἐν ποταμοῖς, ὕδωρ κύκλῳ αὐτῆς, ἧς ἡ ἀρχὴ θάλασσα, καὶ ὕδωρ τὰ τείχη αὐτῆς,
(Hetoimasai merida, harmosai ⱪordaʸn, hetoimasai merida Ammōn; haʸ katoikousa en potamois, hudōr kuklōi autaʸs, haʸs haʸ arⱪaʸ thalassa, kai hudōr ta teiⱪaʸ autaʸs, )
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.
ULT Nineveh, are you better than Thebes, that was built on the Nile River, that had water around her,
⇔ whose defense was the ocean, whose wall was the sea itself?
UST Your city is certainly no safer than the city of Thebes was.
⇔ Thebes was an important city beside the Nile River;
⇔ the river was like a wall around her.
BSB ⇔ Are you better than Thebes,[fn]
⇔ stationed by the Nile with water around her,
⇔ whose rampart was the sea,
⇔ whose wall was the water?
3:8 Hebrew No-amon
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 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?
WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)
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]
3:8 Literally, “No Amon,” the city of the Egyptian god Amen. It had earlier been destroyed by the Assyrians.
3:8 The Qumran pesher (commentary) on Nahum makes it clear that the pronoun refers to the city.
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 • [fn] She who sits at the Nile, surrounded by her waters, • her rampart was the sea and water was her wall.
3:? Hebrew “No-Amon”
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 No Moff NAH book available
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?
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 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? )
3.8 populous…: or, nourishing, etc: Heb. No Amon
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 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?)
3:8 Or, nourishing. Hebr. No Amon.
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 amongs the rivers, compassd round about with water, whose fortresse 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 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 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 puplis, that dwells in floodis? Watris been in cumpas thereof, whos richessis is the see, waters been wallis 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?
(Mine you, you be better because the city No the/of_the Regenten, the there lag at the watern and ringsumher 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 melior you_are Alexandria to_the_peoplerum, which habitat in fluminibus? awhich in circuitu his; cuyus divitiæ, mare; aquæ, muri his. )
3:8 Thebes, the historic capital of Egypt, was situated on both sides of the Nile in Upper Egypt. It achieved its greatest fame as the political, religious, and cultural center of Egypt’s great New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC). Though no longer Egypt’s capital in the 600s BC, the city was still a thriving metropolis.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
Nahum speaks to the people of Nineveh as though they were the city itself.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
(Occurrence 0) are you better than Thebes … itself?
(Some words not found in UHB: ?,better than,No ʼĀmōn the,sat in/on/at/with,nile waters around to/for=her/it which/who rampart sea of,water wall,her )
Nahum asks this rhetorical question to emphasize the negative answer that it anticipates. Alternate translation: “you are not better than Thebes … itself.”
Note 3 topic: translate-names
(Occurrence 0) Thebes
(Some words not found in UHB: ?,better than,No ʼĀmōn the,sat in/on/at/with,nile waters around to/for=her/it which/who rampart sea of,water wall,her )
This was the former capital of Egypt, which the Assyrians had conquered.
(Occurrence 0) that was built on the Nile River
(Some words not found in UHB: ?,better than,No ʼĀmōn the,sat in/on/at/with,nile waters around to/for=her/it which/who rampart sea of,water wall,her )
Alternate translation: “that was situated by the Nile River”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) whose defense was the ocean, whose wall was the sea itself
(Some words not found in UHB: ?,better than,No ʼĀmōn the,sat in/on/at/with,nile waters around to/for=her/it which/who rampart sea of,water wall,her )
These two phrases share similar meanings. The words “ocean” and “sea” both refer to the Nile River, which ran near the city. Alternate translation: “which had the Nile river as its defenses, as some cities have a wall for theirs”