Nam Nahum, chapter Book of Nahum, chapter 2
And Nineveh [is] as a pool of waters, || From of old it [is]—and they are fleeing! “Stand, stand”; and none is turning!
Nahum 2:8 in different translations
English
KJV (66 books)
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.
ASV
But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back.
BSB
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.
DRA
And 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.
FBV
Nineveh is a leaky pool—its population is like water running away. “Stop! Stop” people shout, but nobody turns back.
GNV
But Nineueh is of olde like a poole of water: yet they shall flee away. Stande, stande, shall they crie: but none shall looke backe.
JPS
But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water; yet they flee away; 'Stand, stand'; but none looketh back.
NASB
¶Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, Yet they are fleeing; “Stop, stop,” But no one turns back. NASB 2020
NIV (US)
Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
NMV
But Nineveh [abode of Ninus, or Offspring’s Habitation] [is] of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, [shall they cry]; but none shall look back.
OJB [2:9]
But Nineveh is like a pool of mayim; and her mayim is draining away. Stop, stop, shall they cry; but no one turns back.
T4T
The people will rush from Nineveh like [SIM] water rushes from a broken dam. The officials will shout, “Stop! Stop!” but the people will not even look back as they run away.
WEB (US)
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.
Russian
РСП (66 кн.)
Ниневия со времени существования своего была как пруд, полный водою, а они бегут. «Стойте, стойте!» Но никто не оглядывается.
РСП (юбил.)
Ниневия со времени существования своего была как пруд, полный воды, а они бегут. Стойте, стойте! Но никто не оглядывается.
НРП
Ниневия — как убывающий водоем: бегут из нее люди. «Стойте! Стойте!» — кричат им, но никто не возвращается.
Заокская (Кулаков)
Ниневия — что запруда прорванная, из которой хлынули потоки воды. «Стойте, стойте!» — кричат ее жителям, но никто из них не оборачивается.
ВП
Ниневия — как убывающий водоём: словно прорвавшаяся вода, бегут из неё люди. «Стойте! Стойте!» — кричат им, но никто не останавливается.
СП (БЛ)
Ниневия словно водоём, из которого вытекает вода. Люди кричат ей: «Стой! Остановись!» Но нет от этого пользы никакой!