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Nahum 3:13

NETBible	Your warriors will be like women in your midst; the gates of your land will be wide open¹ to your enemies; fire will consume² the bars of your gates.³
NIV © biblegateway Nah 3:13	Look at your troops—they are all women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has consumed their bars.
NASB © biblegateway Nah 3:13	Behold, your people are women in your midst! The gates of your land are opened wide to your enemies; Fire consumes your gate bars.
NLT © biblegateway Nah 3:13	Your troops will be as weak and helpless as women. The gates of your land will be opened wide to the enemy and set on fire and burned.
MSG © biblegateway Nah 3:13	Face it: Your warriors are wimps. You're sitting ducks. Your borders are gaping doors, inviting your enemies in. And who's to stop them?
BBE © SABDAweb Nah 3:13	See, the people who are in you are women; the doorways of your land are wide open to your attackers: the locks of your doors have been burned away in the fire.
NRSV © bibleoremus Nah 3:13	Look at your troops: they are women in your midst. The gates of your land are wide open to your foes; fire has devoured the bars of your gates.
NKJV © biblegateway Nah 3:13	Surely, your people in your midst are women! The gates of your land are wide open for your enemies; Fire shall devour the bars of your gates .
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KJV	Behold, thy people <05971> in the midst <07130> of thee [are] women <0802>_: the gates <08179> of thy land <0776> shall be set wide <06605> (8800) open <06605> (8738) unto thine enemies <0341> (8802)_: the fire <0784> shall devour <0398> (8804) thy bars <01280>_.
NASB © biblegateway Nah 3:13	Behold <02009> , your people <05971> are women <0802> in your midst <07130> ! The gates <08179> of your land <0776> are opened <06605> wide <06605> to your enemies <0340> ; Fire <0784> consumes <0398> your gate bars <01280> .
LXXM	idou <2400> INJ o <3588> T-NSM laov <2992> N-NSM sou <4771> P-GS wv <3739> CONJ gunaikev <1135> N-NPF en <1722> PREP soi <4771> P-DS toiv <3588> T-DPM ecyroiv <2190> N-DPM sou <4771> P-GS anoigomenai <455> V-PMPNP anoicyhsontai <455> V-FPI-3P pulai <4439> N-NPF thv <3588> T-GSF ghv <1065> N-GSF sou <4771> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ katafagetai <2719> V-FMI-3S pur <4442> N-ASN touv <3588> T-APM moclouv {N-APM} sou <4771> P-GS
NET [draft] ITL	Your warriors <05971> will be like women <0802> in your midst <07130> ; the gates <08179> of your land <0776> will be wide open <06605> <06605> to your enemies <0341> ; fire <0784> will consume <0398> the bars <01280> of your gates.
HEBREW	Kyxyrb <01280> sa <0784> hlka <0398> Kura <0776> yres <08179> wxtpn <06605> xwtp <06605> Kybyal <0341> Kbrqb <07130> Mysn <0802> Kme <05971> hnh (3:13) <02009>

NETBible

Your warriors will be like women in your midst; the gates of your land will be wide open¹ to your enemies; fire will consume² the bars of your gates.³

NET Notes

¹tn Or “have been opened wide.” The Niphal perfect נִפְתְּחוּ (niftÿkhu) from פָּתַח (patach, “to open”) may designate a past-time action (“have been opened wide”) or a present-time circumstance (“are wide open”). The present-time sense is preferred in vv. 13-14. When used in reference to present-time circumstances, the perfect tense represents a situation occurring at the very instant the expression is being uttered; this is the so-called “instantaneous perfect” (IBHS 488-89 §30.5.1). The root פָּתַח (“to open”) is repeated for emphasis to depict the helpless state of the Assyrian defenses: פָּתוֹחַ נִפְתְּחוּ (patoakh niftÿkhu, “wide open”).

²tn Or “has consumed.” The Qal perfect אָכְלָה (’okhlah) from אָכַל (’akhal, “to consume”) refers either to a past-time action (“has consumed”) or a present-time action (“consumes”). The context suggests the present-time sense is preferable here. This is an example of the “instantaneous perfect” which represents a situation occurring at the very instant the expression is being uttered (see IBHS 488-89 §30.5.1).

³tn Heb “your bars.”