Nahum 2:7
And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace collapses.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And it is decreed:{H5324} she is uncovered,{H1540} she is carried away;{H5927} and her handmaids{H519} moan{H5090} as with the voice{H6963} of doves,{H3123} beating{H8608} upon their breasts.{H3824}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And Huzzab{H5324}{(H8717)} shall be led away captive{H1540}{(H8795)}, she shall be brought up{H5927}{(H8717)}, and her maids{H519} shall lead{H5090}{(H8764)} her as with the voice{H6963} of doves{H3123}, tabering{H8608}{(H8781)} upon their breasts{H3824}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
The quene hir self shal be led awaye captyue, and hir gentilwomen shal mourne as the doues, & grone within their hertes.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And Huzzab the Queene shalbe led away captiue, and her maides shall leade her as with the voyce of doues, smiting vpon their breastes.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Huzab is brought foorth captiue, made to ascend into the charets her handmaydens also leading one another as in the voyce of doues, knocking vpon their brestes.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead [her] as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
Webster's Bible (1833)
It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And it is established -- she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.
American Standard Version (1901)
And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.
American Standard Version (1901)
And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
The river doorways are forced open, and the king's house is flowing away.
World English Bible (2000)
It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Nineveh is taken into exile and is led away; her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts.
Referenced Verses
- Isa 38:14 : 14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I mourned as a dove: my eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
- Isa 59:11 : 11 We all roar like bears, and mourn deeply like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
- Luke 23:27 : 27 And a great crowd of people followed Him, and of women who also mourned and lamented Him.
- Luke 23:48 : 48 And all the people who came together to that sight, observing what had been done, beat their breasts and returned.
- Isa 32:12 : 12 They shall lament for the breasts, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
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