Nahum 2:8

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.

Bible in Basic English ☆

But Nineveh is like a pool of water whose waters are flowing away; Keep your place, they say; but no one is turning back.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

and the foundation has been exposed; and she has gone up, and her maid-servants were led away as doves moaning in their hearts.

Darby Translation ☆

Nineveh hath been like a pool of water, since the day she existed, yet they flee away. ...Stand! Stand! But none looketh back.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And as for Ninive, her waters are like a great pool, but the men flee away. They cry: Stand, stand, but there is none that will return back.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

But Nineueh is of olde like a poole of water: yet they shall flee away. Stande, stande, shall they crie: but none shall looke backe.

Noyes Bible ☆

Nineveh was like a pool full of water of old; Yet shall they flee away; Stand! stand! shall they cry; But none shall look back.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

(2:9) And Nineveh was like a pool of water from the days that she existed: yet now they flee. “Stand, stand,” [shall they cry,] but none shall look back.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

(2-9) But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water; yet they flee away; 'Stand, stand'; but none looketh back.

King James Version ☆

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: Yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And as for Nineve, her waters shall be as a pool of water: and they fled, and staid not, and there was none to look back.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And as for Nineve, her waters shall be as a pool of water: and they fled, and staid not, and there was none to look back.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.

Webster Bible ☆

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry ; but none shall look back.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth) ☆

Like a pool of water is Nineveh, her waters fast ebbing away. ‘Stand firm! Stand firm!’ someone cries, but no one turns back.

Open English Bible (US) ☆

Like a pool of water is Nineveh, her waters fast ebbing away. “Stand firm! Stand firm!” someone cries, but no one turns back.

Revised Version ☆

But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away; Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

and the foundation has been exposed; and she has gone up, and her maidservants were led away as doves moaning in their hearts.

World English Bible ☆

But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back.

World English Bible Classic ☆

But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back.

World English Bible Updated ☆

But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back.

World Messianic Bible ☆

But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

And Nineveh [is] as a pool of waters, From of old it [is] — and they are fleeing! 'Stand ye, stand;' and none is turning!

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Her golus (exile) is decreed, she shall be carried away, her slave girls moaning like the kol yonim (voice of doves), beating their breasts.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَنِينَوَى كَبِرْكَةِ مَاءٍ مُنْذُ كَانَتْ، وَلَكِنَّهُمُ ٱلْآنَ هَارِبُونَ. «قِفُوا، قِفُوا!» وَلَا مُلْتَفِتٌ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

တာ​ကျိုး​မှ​စီး​ထွက်​သည့်​ရေ​ကဲ့​သို့​လူ​တို့​သည် နိ​နေ​ဝေ​မြို့​မှ​တစ်​ဟုန်​တည်း​ထွက်​ပြေး​ကြ​၏။ သူ​တို့​အား`ရပ်​တန့်​လော့၊ရပ်​တန့်​လော့' ဟု ဟစ်​အော်​ပြော​ဆို​ပါ​သော်​လည်း၊အ​ဘယ်​သူ​မျှ လှည့်​၍​မ​ကြည့်​ကြ။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ရှေးကာလ မှစ၍ နိနေဝေ မြို့သည် ရေကန် ကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်၏။ ယခုမူကား၊ ရေ တို့သည် စီး ထွက်ကြ၏။ ရပ် ကြ။ ရပ် ကြဟုဟစ်သော်လည်း အဘယ်သူ မျှပြန် ၍ မကြည့်။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Nineveh loe canghnii ih kangbuem tuili baktiah ni oh, toe tui amsah pae king boeh. Anghak rae ah, anghak rae ah, tiah a hangh o, toe mi doeh hnukbang angqoi o ai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Nineveh khaw amah hnin lamloh tuibuem tui bangla om. Tedae amih te coe tih, 'Pai dae, pai dae,’ a ti akhaw mael uh pawh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Nineveh khaw amah hnin lamloh tuibuem tui bangla om. Tedae amih te coe tih, 'Pai dae, pai dae,’ a ti akhaw mael uh pawh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

尼尼微自古以来 充满人民， 如同聚水的池子； 现在居民却都逃跑。 虽有人呼喊说：站住！站住！ 却无人回顾。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

尼尼微自古以來 充滿人民， 如同聚水的池子； 現在居民卻都逃跑。 雖有人呼喊說：站住！站住！ 卻無人回顧。

World Chinese Bible ☆

但尼尼微自古以来就像水池；然而他们逃走了。有人喊：“站住！站住！”却没有人回头。

Croatian Bible ☆

Podižu, u izgnanstvo odvode Gospodaricu, robinjice njene cvile, tuguju kao golubice, u prsa se udaraju.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

A ačkoli jako rybník vod bylo Ninive od začátku svého, však již sami utíkají. Stůjte, stůjte a však žádný se neohlédne.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Herskerinden føres bort i Landflygtighed med sine Terner; de sukker som kurrende Duer, slår sig for Brystet.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Nineve is wel als een watervijver, van de dagen af dat zij geweest is, doch zij zullen vluchten. Staat, staat! zal men roepen, maar niemand zal omzien.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Ninive is als een vijver geworden, Waarvan het water wegloopt: “Blijft hier, blijft hier!” Maar niemand ziet om.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Nineve estas de ĉiam kiel baseno da akvo; sed nun ĝi forkuras: Haltu, haltu! sed neniu revenas.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

C’est arrêté : elle sera mise à nu, elle sera emmenée, et ses servantes gémiront comme la voix des colombes, en se frappant la poitrine.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Ninive était, depuis qu'elle existe, comme un réservoir plein d'eau. Ils fuient! ... Arrêtez! Arrêtez!... Mais personne ne se retourne!

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

C’en est fait: elle est mise à nu, elle est emmenée; Ses servantes gémissent comme des colombes, Et se frappent la poitrine.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Depuis des temps anciens, Ninive était comme un bassin d’eau ; pourtant, ses habitants s’enfuient. « Arrêtez ! Arrêtez ! » crient-ils, mais personne ne se retourne.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Ninive war ja von jeher wie ein Wasserteich; und doch fliehen sie! Stehet, stehet! Aber keiner sieht sich um.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Denn Ninive ist wie ein Teich voll Wasser von jeher; aber dasselbe wird verfließen müssen. “Stehet, stehet!” werden sie rufen; aber da wird sich niemand umwenden.

German Textbibel ☆

Die Königin wird entblößt, hinaufgebracht, während ihre Mägde seufzen, so wie Tauben girren, und sich auf die Brüste schlagen.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

(02-9) Und doch glich Ninive von jeher einem Wasserteich dennoch fliehen sie! «Stehet still, haltet stand!»

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ ἡ ὑπόστασις ἀπεκαλύφθη, καὶ αὕτη ἀνέβαινε, καὶ αἱ δοῦλαι αὐτῆς ἤγοντο καθὼς περιστεραὶ φθεγγόμεναι ἐν καρδίαις αὐτῶν.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

καὶ ἡ ὑπόστασις ἀπεκαλύφθη· καὶ αὕτη ἀνέβαινε, καὶ αἱ δοῦλαι αὐτῆς ἤγοντο, καθὼς περιστεραὶ φθεγγόμεναι ἐν καρδίαις αὐτῶν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Tankou yon gwo basen plen dlo ki pete, moun yo ap kouri soti lavil Niniv. Y'ap di yo: Rete non! Rete non! Men, yonn pa vire tounen.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

A ua like o Nineva me he kiowai la, mai ka manawa mamua mai; Aka, e holo aku no lakou. E ku oukou, e ku! aohe mea e nana ihope,

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וְהֻצַּ֖ב גֻּלְּתָ֣ה הֹֽעֲלָ֑תָה וְאַמְהֹתֶ֗יהָ מְנַֽהֲגֹות֙ כְּקֹ֣ול יֹונִ֔ים מְתֹפְפֹ֖ת עַל־לִבְבֵהֶֽן׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ונינוה כברכת מים מימי היא והמה נסים עמדו עמדו ואין מפנה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Or Ninive è stata, dal tempo che è in essere, come un vivaio di acque; ora fuggono essi. Fermatevi, fermatevi; ma niuno si rivolge.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Essa è stata come un serbatoio pieno d’acqua, dal giorno che esiste; e ora fuggono! “Fermate! fermate!” ma nessuno si vòlta.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

ニネベは昔から、 水をたたえた池のようであった。 しかし今、人々は逃げ去る。 「止まれ、止まれ」と叫んでも、 振り返る者はいない。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

니느웨는 예로부터 물이 모인 못 같더니 이제 모두 도망하니 서라 서라 하나 돌아 보는 자가 없도다

Kosraean Bible ☆

Mwet uh kaingelik liki acn Nineveh, Oana kof ma pisrelik liki dam fokelik se, Pusra lulap se wowoyak ac fahk, “Tui! Tui!” Tusruktu wangin mwet folokla.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Et Ninive quasi piscina aquarum aquæ ejus; ipsi vero fugerunt. State, state ! et non est qui revertatur.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و نینوااز روزی که به وجود آمد، مانند برکه آب می‌بود. اما اهلش فرار می‌کنند، (و اگر‌چه صدا می‌زنند)که «بایستید! بایستید!»، لیکن احدی ملتفت نمی شود.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Mas Nínive tem sido desde a antiguidade como um tanque de águas, contudo eles fogem. “Parem! Parem!” eles gritam, mas ninguém olha para trás.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Nínive é como um antigo tanque, cujas águas estão fugindo. Dizem : Parai, parai; porém ninguém sequer olha para trás.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Dar Ninive este din vechime ca un iaz de apă; totuși ei vor fugi. Staţi, staţi, vor striga ei; dar niciunul nu va privi înapoi.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ниниве ера одиниоарэ ка ун яз плин де апэ… Дар ятэ-й кэ фуг!… „Стаць! Стаць! Оприци-вэ!…” Дар ничунул ну се ынтоарче…

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Ниневия со времени существования своего была как пруд, полный водою, а они бегут. “Стойте, стойте!” Но никто не оглядывается.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ninevija beše kao jezero vodeno otkako jeste; ali beže. Stanite, stanite. Ali se niko ne obzire.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ниневија беше као језеро водено откако јесте; али беже. Станите, станите. Али се нико не обзире.

Mashi Bible ☆

Bamarhuluba omugoli, bamamugendana, abajà-nyere bâge bali bàbanda endûlù nka kulya engûkù ziyâhiza; bali bacidirhibula.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y fué Nínive de tiempo antiguo como estanque de aguas; mas ellos huyen: Parad, parad; y ninguno mira.

Spanish BLL ☆

Nínive ha sido siempre como un estanque de agua, pero ahora todos huyen. “¡Deténganse! ¡Deténganse!”, les gritan, pero nadie mira hacia atrás.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Nínive ha sido como estanque de aguas desde tiempos antiguos, pero ahora ellos huyen. «¡Deteneos! ¡Deteneos!», gritan, mas nadie vuelve la vista.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Nínive es antigua como un estanque de agua; deténganse, dicen; Pero nadie se está volviendo atrás.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Aunque Nínive fue como un estanque de aguas a través de sus días, ahora están huyendo. Gritan: ¡Deténganse! ¡Deténganse! Pero nadie vuelve atrás.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ka e talu mei muʻa mo e tatau ʻa Ninive mo e anovai, ka te nau hola atu. Te nau kalanga, “Tuʻu, tuʻu;” ka e ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻe sio ki mui.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Ниневія, як містом осїлась, була, мов той став повноводний, а тепер вони втїкають. Ой стійте бо, стійте! та нїхто й не озирнеться.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Ниневія, як містом осїлась, була, мов той став повноводний, а тепер вони втїкають. Ой стійте бо, стійте! та нїхто й не озирнеться.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Vả, Ni-ni-ve, từ lâu nay nó đã như ao chứa nước. Nhưng bây giờ chúng nó chạy trốn! Có kẻ kêu rằng: Hãy đứng, hãy đứng! Song không ai quay lại!

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וְהֻצַּ֖ב גֻּלְּתָ֣ה הֹֽעֲלָ֑תָה וְאַמְהֹתֶ֗יהָ מְנַֽהֲגוֹת֙ כְּק֣וֹל יוֹנִ֔ים מְתֹפְפֹ֖ת עַל־לִבְבֵהֶֽן׃