Context 12All your fortifications are fig trees with ripe fruitWhen shaken, they fall into the eaters mouth. 13Behold, your people are women in your midst! 14Draw for yourself water for the siege! 15There fire will consume you, 16You have increased your traders more than the stars of heaven 17Your guardsmen are like the swarming locust. 18Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria; 19There is no relief for your breakdown, Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAll thy fortresses shall be like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. Douay-Rheims Bible All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with their green figs: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater. Darby Bible Translation All thy strongholds are like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they even fall into the mouth of the eater. English Revised Version All thy fortresses shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. Webster's Bible Translation All thy strong holds shall be like fig-trees with the first ripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. World English Bible All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. Young's Literal Translation All thy fortresses are fig-trees with first-fruits, If they are shaken, They have fallen into the mouth of the eater. Library "Nineveh, that Great City"Among the cities of the ancient world in the days of divided Israel one of the greatest was Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian realm. Founded on the fertile bank of the Tigris, soon after the dispersion from the tower of Babel, it had flourished through the centuries until it had become "an exceeding great city of three days' journey." Jonah 3:3. In the time of its temporal prosperity Nineveh was a center of crime and wickedness. Inspiration has characterized it as "the bloody city, . . . full … Ellen Gould White—The Story of Prophets and Kings The Tenth Commandment Nahum Links Nahum 3:12 NIV • Nahum 3:12 NLT • Nahum 3:12 ESV • Nahum 3:12 NASB • Nahum 3:12 KJV • Nahum 3:12 Bible Apps • Nahum 3:12 Parallel • Bible Hub |