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Nahum Chapter 3 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV Nahum 3:12

All thy fortresses shall be `like' fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.
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BBE Nahum 3:12

All your walled places will be like fig-trees and your people like the first figs, falling at a shake into the mouth which is open for them.
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DARBY Nahum 3:12

All thy strongholds are [like] fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they even fall into the mouth of the eater.
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KJV Nahum 3:12

All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
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WBT Nahum 3:12


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WEB Nahum 3:12

All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.
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YLT Nahum 3:12

All thy fortresses `are' fig-trees with first-fruits, If they are shaken, They have fallen into the mouth of the eater.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - Shall be like (are) fig trees with the first ripe figs. The Assyrians' fortresses are as ready for destruction and as easy to destroy as ripe figs are ready to fall from the tree at the least shake of the eater (Isaiah 28. S).

Ellicott's Commentary