Nahum 2:5

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

What this verse means

Read Nahum 2:5 in the flow of Nahum2 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Nahum2 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten <FI>to<Fi> its wall, and prepared is the covering.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Nahum 2:5 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 5:27None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.
  2. Isaiah 21:5They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
  3. Jeremiah 46:12The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth, because warrior stumbles over warrior and both of them have fallen together.”
  4. Jeremiah 50:29Summon 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.
  5. Jeremiah 51:27“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 swarming locusts.
  6. Nahum 3:3Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end— they stumble over their dead—
  7. Nahum 3:18O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.
  8. Habakkuk 1:8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.

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