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Nahum 3:9

CushEgyptPut
Judgment

7 Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”

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

Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.

10 Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.

11 You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.
KJV
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
WEB
Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.
ASV
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
DARBY
Ethiopia was her strength, and Egypt, and it was infinite; Phut and the Libyans were her helpers.
BLB
Cush [was] her strength, and Egypt, and there was no end; Libya and Lubim came to be for your help.
ÅB
Etiopere i mengde og egyptere uten tall, puteere og libyere var dets hjelp.
OTB
Kusj var hennes styrke, også Egypt uten grenser.
Put og Lubim var blant hennes hjelpere.
B1930
Etiopere i mengde og egyptere uten tall, puteere og libyere var dets hjelp.

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