NAH 3:8 Parallel Verse View

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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.

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 Are you better than Thebes, situated on the Nile River, water all around her,
⇔ whose defense was the sea, water her wall?

UST Nineveh is not stronger than the city of Thebes was.
⇔ Thebes was an important city beside the Nile River;
⇔ deep water protected Thebes on all sides.

BSB Are you better than Thebes stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
⇔ 

MSB Are you better than Thebes stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
⇔ 

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?

3:8 or, Thebes

3:8 or, Nile

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 No LEB NAH book available

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?
(Art thou/you 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? )

SLT Wilt thou be good above No, the builder dwelling among the rivers, the waters round about to her, whose strength the sea, from the sea her wall?

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 No Bshps NAH book available

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 No Cvdl NAH book available

Wycl No Wycl NAH book available

Luth No Luth NAH book available

ClVg Numquid melior es Alexandria populorum, quæ habitat in fluminibus? aquæ in circuitu ejus; cujus divitiæ, mare; aquæ, muri ejus.
(Is_it better you_are Alexandria of_the_peoples, which he_lives in/into/on rivers? water in/into/on around his; whose wealth, the_sea; water, muri his. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT NAH book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠תֵֽיטְבִי֙ מִ⁠נֹּ֣א אָמ֔וֹן הַ⁠יֹּֽשְׁבָה֙ בַּ⁠יְאֹרִ֔ים מַ֖יִם סָבִ֣יב לָ֑⁠הּ אֲשֶׁר־חֵ֣יל יָ֔ם מִ⁠יָּ֖ם חוֹמָתָֽ⁠הּ

?,better than,No ʼĀmōn the,sat in/on/at/with,nile waters around to/for=her/it which/who rampart_of sea of,water wall_of,her

The author is using the question form to emphasize that Nineveh is not better than Thebes. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [You are not better than Thebes, which was situated on the Nile River, with water all around her, whose defense was the sea, with water as her wall!]

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

מִ⁠נֹּ֣א אָמ֔וֹן

than,No ʼĀmōn

Thebes refers to the powerful capital city of ancient Egypt in North Africa. It was conquered by Assyria in 663 B.C. If your readers would not be familiar with this place, you could describe it in a footnote.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

אֲשֶׁר־חֵ֣יל יָ֔ם מִ⁠יָּ֖ם חוֹמָתָֽ⁠הּ

which/who rampart_of sea of,water wall_of,her

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second phrase emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [whose defense was the sea, that is, water was her wall]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִ⁠יָּ֖ם חוֹמָתָֽ⁠הּ

of,water wall_of,her

The author is speaking of water as if it were a wall because it protected the city. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [protected by water like a wall]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

מִ⁠יָּ֖ם חוֹמָתָֽ⁠הּ

of,water wall_of,her

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: [whose wall was water]

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