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Nahum 3:8

NETBible	You are no more secure¹ than Thebes² – she was located on the banks of the Nile; the waters surrounded her, her³ rampart⁴ was the sea, the water⁵ was her wall.
NIV © biblegateway Nah 3:8	Are you better than Thebes, situated on the Nile, with water around her? The river was her defence, the waters her wall.
NASB © biblegateway Nah 3:8	Are you better than No-amon, Which was situated by the waters of the Nile, With water surrounding her, Whose rampart was the sea, Whose wall consisted of the sea?
NLT © biblegateway Nah 3:8	Are you any better than Thebes, surrounded by rivers, protected by water on all sides?
MSG © biblegateway Nah 3:8	Do you think you're superior to Egyptian Thebes, proudly invincible on the River Nile, Protected by the great River, walled in by the River, secure?
BBE © SABDAweb Nah 3:8	Are you better than No-amon, seated on the Nile streams, with waters all round her; whose wall was the sea and her earthwork the waters?
NRSV © bibleoremus Nah 3:8	Are you better than Thebes that sat by the Nile, with water around her, her rampart a sea, water her wall?
NKJV © biblegateway Nah 3:8	Are you better than No Amon That was situated by the River, That had the waters around her, Whose rampart was the sea, Whose wall was the sea?
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KJV	Art thou better <03190> (8686) than populous <0527> (8675) <0528> No <04996>_, that was situate <03427> (8802) among the rivers <02975>_, [that had] the waters <04325> round about <05439> it, whose rampart <02426> [was] the sea <03220>_, [and] her wall <02346> [was] from the sea <03220>_? {populous...: or, nourishing, etc: Heb. No Amon}
NASB © biblegateway Nah 3:8	Are you better <03190> than <04480> No-amon <04996> <528>, Which was situated <03427> by the waters <04325> of the Nile <02975> , With water <04325> surrounding <05439> her, Whose <0834> rampart <02426> was the sea <03220> , Whose wall <02346> consisted of the sea <03220> ?
LXXM	etoimasai <2090> V-AAN merida <3310> N-ASF armosai <718> V-AAN cordhn {N-ASF} etoimasai <2090> V-AAN merida <3310> N-ASF amwn <300> N-PRI h <3588> T-NSF katoikousa {V-PAPNS} en <1722> PREP potamoiv <4215> N-DPM udwr <5204> N-NSN kuklw {N-DSM} authv <846> D-GSF hv <3739> R-GSF h <3588> T-NSF arch <746> N-NSF yalassa <2281> N-NSF kai <2532> CONJ udwr <5204> N-NSN ta <3588> T-NPN teich <5038> N-NPN authv <846> D-GSF
NET [draft] ITL	You are no more secure <03190> than Thebes <0528> <04996> – she was located <03427> on the banks of the Nile <02975> ; the waters <04325> surrounded <05439> her, her rampart <02426> was the sea <03220> , the water <03220> was her wall <02346> .
HEBREW	htmwx <02346> Mym <03220> My <03220> lyx <02426> rsa <0834> hl <0> bybo <05439> Mym <04325> Myrayb <02975> hbsyh <03427> Nwma <0528> anm <04996> ybjyth (3:8) <03190>

NETBible

You are no more secure¹ than Thebes² – she was located on the banks of the Nile; the waters surrounded her, her³ rampart⁴ was the sea, the water⁵ was her wall.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “Are you better than Thebes?”

²tn Heb “No-Amon.” The name is transliterated by NAB, NASB; many other English versions employ the equivalent “Thebes.”

³tn The relative pronoun אֲשֶׁר (’asher) is functioning in a possessive sense: “whose” (Job 37:17; Ps 95:5; Isa 5:28; 49:23; Jer 31:32; see HALOT 98 s.v. 4).

⁴tn The consonantal form חיל is vocalized in the MT as חֵיל (khel, “rampart”). The LXX translation ἡ ἀρξή (Jh arxh, “strength”) reflects confusion between the relatively rare חֵיל and the more common חַיִל (khayil, “strength”); see HALOT 310-12.

⁵tn Heb “from (the) sea.” The form should be emended to מַיִם (mayim, “water”). This is a figurative description of the Nile River: It functioned like a fortress wall for Thebes.