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LXX2012

Nahum 2:8

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.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
and the foundation has been exposed; and she has gone up, and her maid-servants were led [away] as doves moaning in their hearts.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
KJVView canonical →
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
WEBView canonical →
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

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