Nahum 2:5 “He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its…”

Nahum 2:5

He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

World English Bible

He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.

American Standard Version

He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.

Geneva Bible 1599

He shall remember his strong men: they shall stumble as they goe: they shall make haste to the walles thereof, and the defence shall bee prepared.

Darby Translation

He bethinketh him of his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the shelter is prepared.

Young's Literal Translation

He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten [to] its wall, and prepared is the covering.

Bible in Basic English

He takes the record of his great men: they go falling on their way; they go quickly to the wall, the cover is made ready.

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Cross references

“recount”

Isaiah 21:5 Jeremiah 50:29 Jeremiah 51:27 Jeremiah 51:28

Isaiah 21:5 · BSB

They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!

Jeremiah 50:29 · BSB

Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:27 · BSB

“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarm…

Jeremiah 51:28 · BSB

Prepare the nations for battle against her— the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.

“they shall stumble”

Jeremiah 46:12 Nahum 3:3 Isaiah 5:27

Jeremiah 46:12 · BSB

The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth, because warrior stumbles over warrior and both of them have fallen together.”

Nahum 3:3 · BSB

Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end— they stumble over their dead—

Isaiah 5:27 · BSB

None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.

Also

Nahum 3:18

Nahum 3:18 · BSB

O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.

6The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.

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