Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy nobles are at rest; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and there is none to gather them.
O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.
Slumbered have thy friends, king of Asshur, Rest do thine honourable ones, Scattered have been thy people on the mountains, And there is none gathering.
Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy nobles lie still; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
About this book
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About this book
Old TestamentNahum — A century after Jonah, Nineveh is still Nineveh — and Nahum's burden is the city's destruction. Three short chapters of breathtaking poetry on the fall of Assyria's capital.
- Author
- Nahum the Elkoshite (1:1)
- Date
- Between 663 BC (the fall of Thebes, 3:8) and 612 BC (Nineveh's actual fall)