Nahum 3:8 “Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around he…”

Nahum 3:8

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

American Standard Version

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

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?

Darby Translation

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?

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

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?

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Cross references

“thou”

Amos 6:2 Ezekiel 31:2 Ezekiel 31:3

Amos 6:2 · BSB

Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?

Ezekiel 31:2 · BSB

“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?

Ezekiel 31:3 · BSB

Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.

“populous No”

Ezekiel 30:14–16 Jeremiah 46:25 Jeremiah 46:26

Ezekiel 30:14–16 · BSB

I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.

Jeremiah 46:25 · BSB

The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh.

Jeremiah 46:26 · BSB

I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.

“that had”

Isaiah 19:5–10

Isaiah 19:5–10 · BSB

The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.

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

In context

7Then 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?”

9Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.

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