Nahum 3:12

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“All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!”

What this verse means

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.

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BSBPD

“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)
KJVPD

“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
ASVPD

“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
YLTPD

“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 Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Nahum 3:12 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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).

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