Nahum 3:8 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

ASV Byzantine Text

Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

Asang Khongca Bible

Nang loe tuipuinawk taengah kaom, tui mah takui khoep ih No vangpui pongah na hoih kue maw? Vangpui loe tuipui mah takui moe, tuipui loe anih han tapang ah oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Sokko tui ah aka om Amon No lakah na then nim? Te tah a taengah rhalmahvong pin om tih a vongtung he tuipuei lamloh tuipuei duela om.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Sokko tui ah aka om Amon No lakah na then nim? Te tah a taengah rhalmahvong pin om tih a vongtung he tuipuei lamloh tuipuei duela om.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ua oi anei kou maikai mamua o ko No-Amona, Ka mea e noho ana ma na muliwai, Ua hoopuniia oia e na wai, O ke kai kona paku, a o kona papohaku mai ke kai mai ia?

English Berean Standard Bible

Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Ou menm lavil Niniv, ou pa pi bon pase lavil Tèb. Atout li chita nan mitan gwo larivyè Nil la, ak dlo toupatou tankou yon ranpa, tankou yon glasi pou pwoteje l',

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Numquid melior es Alexandria populorum, quæ habitat in fluminibus? aquæ in circuitu ejus; cujus divitiæ, mare; aquæ, muri ejus.

Bible in Basic English

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?

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Es-tu meilleure que No-Amon , qui habitait sur les canaux , des eaux autour d’elle, – elle qui avait la mer pour rempart, la mer pour sa muraille ?

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Což by se tobě lépe díti mělo, nežli No lidnému, kteréž sedělo mezi řekami, vodami byvši opuštěno, jehož val bylo moře, zed mělo od moře?

Kosraean Bible

Nineveh, ya kom pangon kom wo liki Thebes, siti fulat lun Egypt? Oasr pac infacl soko we in karinganul oana sie kalkal — Infacl Nile ma loangeyal.

World Portuguese Bible

Você é melhor do que Nô-Amom, que estava situada entre os rios, que tinha as águas ao seu redor, cujo baluarte era o mar, e cuja muralha era o mar?

Romanian BTF Bible

Ești tu mai bună decât populata No, care era așezată printre râuri, care avea apele de jur împrejurul ei, a cărei parapet era marea și zidul ei era din mare?

Brenton English Septuagint

Prepare thee a portion, tune the chord, prepare a portion for Ammon: she that dwells among the rivers, water is round about her, whose dominion is the sea, and whose walls are water.

Burmese Common Language Bible

အို နိနေဝေမြို့၊ သင်သည်အီဂျစ်ပြည်၏မြို့ တော်သီဘီမြို့ထက်သာလွန်ကောင်းမွန်ပါ သလော။ ထိုမြို့တွင်လည်းမြို့ရိုးသဖွယ်ကာ ကွယ်မှုကိုပေးသည့်မြစ်တစ်ခုရှိပေသည်။ နိုင်းမြစ်ကားထိုမြို့၏ကွယ်ကာရာပင်တည်း။-

Darby Translation

Art thou better than No-Amon, that was situate among the rivers, [that had] the waters round about her, whose rampart was the sea, [and] of the sea was her wall?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Bist du vorzüglicher als No-Ammon, die an den Strömen wohnte, Wasser rings um sich her? Das Meer war ihr Bollwerk, aus Meer bestand ihre Mauer.

Dutch Bible 1917

Zijt gij beter dan No, de volkrijke, gelegen in de rivieren? die rondom henen water heeft, welker voormuur de zee is, haar muur is van zee.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Of zijt gij beter dan No-Amon Dat troont aan de Nijl, van water omringd, Wiens bolwerk de zee, Wiens muren de wateren waren?

Italian Diodati Bible

Vali tu meglio di No , piena di popolo, situata fra i rivi, intorniata d'acque, il cui antimuro era il mare, e le cui mura sorgevano dal mare?

Douay-Rheims 1899

Art thou better than the populous Alexandria, that dwelleth among the rivers? waters are round about it: the sea is its riches, the waters are its walls.

Geneva Bible 1599

Art thou better then No, which was ful of people? that lay in the riuers, and had the waters round about it? whose ditche was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

Noyes Bible

Art thou better than No-Ammon, That dwelt by the rivers, That had the waters round about her, Whose fortress was the sea, And whose wall was from the waters?

Danish Bible 1931

Mon du er bedre end No-Amon*, der lå ved Strømme, omgivet af Vand som Bolværk, med Vand til Mur? { [*dvs. Teben.] }

Leeser Tanakh

Art thou better than No-amon, that was situated on the rivers, that had water round about her, the rampart of which was the sea, and the walls of which rose out of the sea?

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and of the sea her wall?

King James Version

Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

King James Version + Apocrypha

Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Ngươi muốn hơn Nô-A-môn ở giữa các sông, nước bọc chung quanh, lấy biển làm đồn lũy, lấy biển làm vách thành hay sao?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Art thou better than populous No, That was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, Whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku ke lelei koā ʻia No, ʻaia naʻe kakai, pea naʻe tuʻu ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe ngaahi vaitafe, ʻaia naʻe takatakai ʻe he ngaahi vai, ʻaia ko hono puke ko e tahi, mo hono ʻā naʻe mei he tahi?

French Ostervald Bible

Vaux-tu mieux que No-Amon, qui était assise au milieu des fleuves, entourée d'eaux, qui avait une mer pour rempart, une mer pour muraille?

Esperanto Bible

Ĉu vi estas pli bona ol No-Amon, kiu troviĝas inter riveroj, estas ĉirkaŭata de akvo, kaj kies forto kaj murego estis la maro?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Es-tu meilleure que No-Amon, Qui était assise au milieu des fleuves, Entourée par les eaux, Ayant la mer pour rempart, La mer pour murailles?

German Luther Bible 1912

Meinst du, du seist besser denn die Stadt No-Amon, die da lag an den Wassern und ringsumher Wasser hatte, deren Mauern und Feste war das Meer?

LXX2012 U. S. English

Prepare you a portion, tune the chord, prepare a portion for Ammon: she that dwells among the rivers, water is round about her, whose dominion is the sea, and whose walls are water.

British English Septuagint 2012

Prepare you a portion, tune the chord, prepare a portion for Ammon: she that dwells amongst the rivers, water is round about her, whose dominion is the sea, and whose walls are water.

Majority Standard BIble

Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?

Webster Bible

Art thou better than populous No, that was situated among the rivers, that had the waters around it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

‘Are you any better than Thebes, which stood on the banks of the Nile, with waters around as a rampart, whose wall was the sea of waters?

Open English Bible (US)

“Are you any better than Thebes, which stood on the banks of the Nile, with waters around as a rampart, whose wall was the sea of waters?

Revised Version

Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

Italian Riveduta Bible

Vali tu meglio di No-Amon, ch’era assisa tra i fiumi, circondata dalle acque, che aveva il mare per baluardo, il mare per mura?

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Es-tu meilleure que No-Amon, située au milieu des fleuves, entourée par les eaux, dont la mer était le rempart et les eaux la muraille ?

Reina Valera 1909

¿Eres tú mejor que No-amón, que estaba asentada entre ríos, cercada de aguas, cuyo baluarte era la mar, y del mar su muralla?

Spanish BLL

¿Acaso eres tú mejor que Tebas, la ciudad situada junto al Nilo, rodeada de aguas? El río era su defensa y el agua era su muralla.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

¿Eres tú mejor que No-Amón, la que estaba asentada entre los ríos, rodeada de aguas, cuyo baluarte era el mar y cuya muralla eran las aguas?

Croatian Bible

Jesi li tvrđa od Tebe Amonove koja sjedi na rukavima Rijeke? Njezino predziđe bilo je more, njezini bedemi bile su vode.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Jesi li bolja od No-Amona, koji ležaše među rekama, optočen vodom, kome prednja kula beše more i zidovi mu behu more?

German Textbibel

Bist du etwa besser, als No Amon, die an den Nilarmen trohnte, rings von Wassern umgeben, der der Strom als Bollwerk, der Strom als Mauer diente?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Prepare thee a portion, tune the chord, prepare a portion for Ammon: she that dwells among the rivers, water is round about her, whose dominion is the sea, and whose walls are water.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

הֲתֵֽיטְבִי֙ מִנֹּ֣א אָמ֔וֹן הַיֹּֽשְׁבָה֙ בַּיְאֹרִ֔ים מַ֖יִם סָבִ֣יב לָ֑הּ אֲשֶׁר־חֵ֣יל יָ֔ם מִיָּ֖ם חוֹמָתָֽהּ׃