Nahum 3:9

⁷ And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

⁸ 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?

Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

¹⁰ Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

¹¹ Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

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.

Compare

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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 30:5
Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
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Ezekiel 27:10
They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
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Genesis 10:6
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
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Isaiah 20:5
And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
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Ezekiel 38:5
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
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Jeremiah 46:9
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
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2 Chronicles 12:3
With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
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1 Chronicles 1:8
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
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