Nahum 2
- 1He who dashes in pieces has come up before your face: keep the munition, watch the way, brace yourselves, gather all your strength.
- 2For the Lord has turned away the majesty of Jacob, as the majesty of Israel. For the plunderers have plundered them, and marred their vine branches.
- 3The shield of his mighty men is made red, the brave men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be violently shaken.
- 4The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
- 5He shall recount his nobles: they shall stumble in their walk. They shall hurry to its wall, and the defense shall be prepared.
- 6The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
- 7And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, beating their breasts.
- 8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry. But none shall look back.
- 9Take the plunder of silver, take the plunder of gold. For there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
- 10She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melts, and the knees strike together, and every body is in pain, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
- 11Where is the home of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's cub, and none made them afraid?
- 12The lion did tear in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with prey.
- 13I am against you, says the Lord of Hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. And I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no more be heard.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Nahum 2 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVHe that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
GIGAKJVHe who dashes in pieces has come up before your face: keep the munition, watch the way, brace yourselves, gather all your strength.
KJVFor the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
GIGAKJVFor the Lord has turned away the majesty of Jacob, as the majesty of Israel. For the plunderers have plundered them, and marred their vine branches.
KJVThe shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
GIGAKJVThe shield of his mighty men is made red, the brave men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be violently shaken.
KJVThe chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
GIGAKJVThe chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
KJVHe shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
GIGAKJVHe shall recount his nobles: they shall stumble in their walk. They shall hurry to its wall, and the defense shall be prepared.
KJVAnd Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
GIGAKJVAnd Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, beating their breasts.
KJVBut Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
GIGAKJVBut Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry. But none shall look back.
KJVTake ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
GIGAKJVTake the plunder of silver, take the plunder of gold. For there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
KJVShe is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
GIGAKJVShe is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melts, and the knees strike together, and every body is in pain, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
KJVWhere is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
GIGAKJVWhere is the home of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's cub, and none made them afraid?
KJVThe lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
GIGAKJVThe lion did tear in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with prey.
KJVBehold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
GIGAKJVI am against you, says the Lord of Hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. And I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no more be heard.
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