Nahum 3:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

All your fortresses are like fig trees with the first ripe fruit; when they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    All your strongholds shall be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    All thy fortresses{H4013} shall be like fig-trees{H8384} with the first-ripe figs:{H1061} if they be shaken,{H5128} they fall{H5307} into the mouth{H6310} of the eater.{H398}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    All thy strong holds{H4013} shall be like fig trees{H8384} with the firstripe figs{H1061}: if they be shaken{H5128}{(H8735)}, they shall even fall{H5307}{(H8804)} into the mouth{H6310} of the eater{H398}{(H8802)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    All thy stronge cities shal be like fyge trees wt rype fyges: which whe a ma shaketh, they fall in to the mouth of the eater.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    All thy strong cities shall be like figtrees with the first ripe figs: for if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    All thy strong aydes are as figge trees with the first ripe figges: if they be stirred, they fal into the mouth of the eater.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    All thy strong holds [shall be like] fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    All thy fortresses `are' fig-trees with first-fruits, If they are shaken, They have fallen into the mouth of the eater.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    All thy fortresses shall be `like' fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    All thy fortresses shall be [like] fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    All your walled places will be like fig-trees and your people like the first figs, falling at a shake into the mouth which is open for them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Assyrian Defenses Will Fail All your fortifications will be like fig trees with first-ripe fruit: If they are shaken, their figs will fall into the mouth of the eater!

Referenced Verses

  • Rev 6:13 : 13 The stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a strong wind.
  • Isa 28:4 : 4 The fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, will be like an early fig before the summer harvest—when someone sees it, they quickly swallow it while it is still in their hand.
  • Hab 1:10 : 10 They mock kings, and rulers are a joke to them. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to capture it.

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