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?
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4 additional translationsArt 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?
Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
Art thou better than No-Ammon, That is dwelling among brooks? Waters she hath round about her, Whose bulwark is the sea, waters her wall.
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?
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)