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Nahum 3:6

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.

KJV

Et projiciam super te abominationes, et contumeliis te afficiam, et ponam te in exemplum.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐπιρίψω ἐπὶ σὲ βδελυγμὸν κατὰ τὰς ἀκαθαρσίας σου, καὶ θήσομαί σε εἰς παράδειγμα·

LXX

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock.

ASV

וְ/הִשְׁלַכְתִּ֥י עָלַ֛יִ/ךְ שִׁקֻּצִ֖ים וְ/נִבַּלְתִּ֑י/ךְ וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֖י/ךְ כְּ/רֹֽאִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הוּ
hv
verb · 125×
יִבֹּ֑לוּ
yblv
verb · 25×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רֹ֑אִי
r'y
verb · 5×
שִׁקֻּ֣ץ
shqts
noun · 28×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 4:9 — For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
  • Heb 10:33 — Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
  • Jer 51:37 — And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
  • Job 9:31 — Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
  • Job 30:8 — They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
  • Mal 2:3 — Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
  • Mal 2:9 — Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
  • Nah 1:14 — And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for t
  • Ps 38:5 — My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.