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Nahum 3:1

Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

KJV

Væ civitas sanguinum, universa mendacii dilaceratione plena ! non recedet a te rapina.

Vulgate

Ὦ πόλις αἱμάτων, ὅλη ψευδής, ἀδικίας πλήρης, οὐ ψηλαφηθήσεται θήρα.

LXX

Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.

ASV

ה֖וֹי עִ֣יר דָּמִ֑ים כֻּלָּ֗/הּ כַּ֤חַשׁ פֶּ֨רֶק֙ מְלֵאָ֔ה לֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ טָֽרֶף

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה֣וֹי
hvy
particle · 51×
הֶ֖ם
hm
noun · 6×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
טָ֑רֶף
trp
noun · 22×
יָמִ֖ישׁ
ymysh
verb · 21×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְלֵאָ֣ה
ml'h
noun · 8×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
פֶּ֨רֶק֙
prq
noun · 2×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 22:2 — Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
  • Ezek 22:2 — Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
  • Ezek 24:6 — Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
  • Ezek 24:6 — Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
  • Hab 2:12 — Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
  • Hab 2:12 — Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
  • Hos 4:2 — By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
  • Nah 2:12 — The 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.
  • Nah 2:13 — Behold, 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
  • Zeph 3:1 — Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!