Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back. New Living Translation Nineveh is like a leaking water reservoir! The people are slipping away. “Stop, stop!” someone shouts, but no one even looks back. English Standard Version Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away. “Halt! Halt!” they cry, but none turns back. 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. King James 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. New King James Version Though Nineveh of old was like a pool of water, Now they flee away. “Halt! Halt!” they cry; But no one turns back. New American Standard Bible Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, Yet they are fleeing; “Stop, stop,” But no one turns back. NASB 1995 Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, Now they are fleeing; “Stop, stop,” But no one turns back. NASB 1977 Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, Now they are fleeing; “Stop, stop,” But no one turns back. Legacy Standard Bible Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, Now they are fleeing; “Stand! Stand!” But no one turns back. Amplified Bible Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, Now her inhabitants are fleeing; “Stop! Stop!” [a few cry,] But no one turns back. Christian Standard Bible Nineveh has been like a pool of water from her first days, but they are fleeing. “Stop! Stop! ” they cry, but no one turns back. Holman Christian Standard Bible Nineveh has been like a pool of water from her first days, but they are fleeing.” Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.” American Standard 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. Contemporary English Version Nineveh is like a pond with leaking water. Shouts of "Stop! Don't go!" can be heard everywhere. But everyone is leaving. English 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Nineveh was like a pool of water from its first day on. But now its people are fleeing. "Stop! Stop!" But no one turns around. Good News Translation Like water from a broken dam the people rush from Nineveh! "Stop! Stop!" the cry rings out--but no one turns back. International Standard Version Nineveh is a reservoir whose water is draining away. "Wait! Wait!" they cry, yet not even one person looks 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. NET Bible Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, but now her people are running away; she cries out: "Stop! Stop!"--but no one turns back. New Heart 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd Nineveh [is] as a pool of waters, "" From of old it [is]—and they are fleeing! “Stand, stand”; and none is turning! 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! Smith's Literal Translation And Nineveh it is as a pool of water from the days, and they fleeing, stood: they stood, and none looking back. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd 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. Catholic Public Domain Version And Nineveh, her waters are like a fish pond. Yet truly, they have fled away: “Stand, stand!” But there is no one who will turn back. New American Bible Nineveh is like a pool whose waters escape; “Stop! Stop!” but none turns back. New Revised Standard Version Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away. “Halt! Halt!”— but no one turns back. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd Nineveh is like a lake, and she is situated by the waters; her warriors flee away. Make a stand, make a stand, their officers cry; but none turns back. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Nineva is like a lake of waters and she is between the waters, and those men have fled. Stand! Stand! And there is none who returns OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water; Yet they flee away; 'Stand, stand'; But none looketh back. Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Overthrow of Nineveh…7It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts. 8Nineveh 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. 9“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.… Cross References Jeremiah 51:13 You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut. Isaiah 47:1-5 “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” ... Zephaniah 2:13-15 And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert. / Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar. / This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist. Revelation 17:1-2 Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” Isaiah 13:19-22 And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. / She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. / But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. ... Jeremiah 50:38 A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols. Revelation 18:10 In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.” Isaiah 14:23 “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts. Jeremiah 51:64 Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah. Ezekiel 26:19-21 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you, / then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living. / I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.” Revelation 18:21 Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again. Isaiah 21:9 Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!” Jeremiah 51:37 Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant. Revelation 14:8 Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.” Isaiah 34:13-15 Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches. / The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose. / There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate. Treasury of Scripture 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. of old. Genesis 10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, like. Jeremiah 51:13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. Revelation 17:1,15 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: … Stand. Nahum 3:17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. Isaiah 13:14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land. Isaiah 47:13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. look back. Jump to Previous Cry Existed Flee Fleeing Flowing Halt Looks Nineveh Nin'eveh Pool Run Stand Stop Throughout Turning Turns Water WatersJump to Next Cry Existed Flee Fleeing Flowing Halt Looks Nineveh Nin'eveh Pool Run Stand Stop Throughout Turning Turns Water WatersNahum 2 1. The fearful and victorious armies of God against Nineveh.Nineveh Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrian Empire, known for its grandeur and its role as a center of power and culture. Historically, it was a city of immense wealth and influence, but also of great wickedness and idolatry. The mention of Nineveh here serves as a reminder of the city's impending judgment due to its sins. In a broader spiritual context, Nineveh represents any entity or individual that stands in opposition to God's righteousness. is like a pool whose water is draining away 'Stop! Stop!' they cry but no one turns back The pregnant terseness of the last part of the verse will give the English reader a good idea of Nahum's style and the difficulties therewith connected. Verse 8. - The prophet compares the past and present condition of Nineveh. But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water; and (or, though) Nineveh hath been like a pool of water all her days. Others, altering the points in accordance with the Septuagint and Vulgate, translate, "But as for Nineveh, her waters are like a pool of water." This is what she has come to, for "her waters" represent herself. She is compared to a pool or reservoir (Nehemiah 2:15; Nehemiah 3:15) from the multitude of her inhabitants gathered from all parts of the world, and streaming unto her, both as tributary and for commercial purposes (comp. Jeremiah 51:13; Revelation 17:1, 15). Yet they shall flee away. In spite of their numbers, the multitudes represented by "the waters" fly before the enemy. In vain the captains cry, Stand, stand. They pay no attention. None shall look back. No one of the fugitives turns rounder gives a thought to anything but his own safety.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ninevehוְנִינְוֵ֥ה (wə·nî·nə·wêh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5210: Nineveh -- capital of Assyr has been like a pool כִבְרֵֽכַת־ (ḵiḇ·rê·ḵaṯ-) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 1295: A pool, pond of water מַ֖יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen throughout הִ֑יא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are her days, מִ֣ימֵי (mî·mê) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3117: A day but now וְהֵ֣מָּה (wə·hêm·māh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They it is draining away. נָסִ֔ים (nā·sîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away “Stop! עִמְד֥וּ (‘im·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations Stop!” they cry, עֲמֹ֖דוּ (‘ă·mō·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations but no וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle one turns back. מַפְנֶֽה׃ (map̄·neh) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look Links Nahum 2:8 NIVNahum 2:8 NLT Nahum 2:8 ESV Nahum 2:8 NASB Nahum 2:8 KJV Nahum 2:8 BibleApps.com Nahum 2:8 Biblia Paralela Nahum 2:8 Chinese Bible Nahum 2:8 French Bible Nahum 2:8 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Nahum 2:8 But Nineveh has been from of old (Nah. 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