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Nahum 3:14

Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

KJV

Aquam propter obsidionem hauri tibi : exstrue munitiones tuas, intra in lutum, et calca, subigens tene laterem.

Vulgate

ὕδωρ περιοχῆς ἐπίσπασαι σεαυτῇ, καὶ κατακράτησον τῶν ὀχυρωμάτων σου· ἔμβηθι εἰς πηλὸν καὶ συμπατήθητι ἐν ἀχύροις, κατακράτησον ὑπὲρ πλίνθον·

LXX

Draw thee water for the siege; strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln.

ASV

מֵ֤י מָצוֹר֙ שַֽׁאֲבִי לָ֔/ךְ חַזְּקִ֖י מִבְצָרָ֑יִ/ךְ בֹּ֧אִי בַ/טִּ֛יט וְ/רִמְסִ֥י בַ/חֹ֖מֶר הַחֲזִ֥יקִי מַלְבֵּֽן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הֶחֱזִ֗יק
hchzyq
verb · 289×
חֹ֖מֶר
chmr
noun · 31×
טִֽיט
tyt
noun · 13×
יִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ
ysh'bv
verb · 19×
מִבְצָֽר
mbtsr
noun · 37×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
מָצוֹר֙
mtsvr
noun · 25×
מַּלְבֵּ֔ן
mlbn
noun · 4×
תִּרְמֹ֖ס
trms
verb · 19×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 32:3 — He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
  • Gen 11:3 — And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
  • Jer 46:3 — Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
  • Jer 46:3 — Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
  • Nah 2:1 — He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.