Nahum 3:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!”
Read Nahum 3:12 in the flow of Nahum3 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Nahum3 to see the surrounding context.
“All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“All thy fortresses <FI>are<Fi> fig-trees with first-fruits, If they are shaken, They have fallen into the mouth of the eater.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nahum 3:12 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 28:4The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.
- Habakkuk 1:10They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.
- Revelation 6:13and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).