Nahum 3:8

Hebrew	הֲתֵֽיטְבִי֙ מִנֹּ֣א אָמ֔וֹן הַיֹּֽשְׁבָה֙ בַּיְאֹרִ֔ים מַ֖יִם סָבִ֣יב לָ֑הּ אֲשֶׁר חֵ֣יל יָ֔ם מִיָּ֖ם חוֹמָתָֽהּ
ESV	Are you better than Thebes that sat by the Nile, with water around her, her rampart a sea, and water her wall?
NIV	Are you better than Thebes, situated on the Nile, with water around her? The river was her defense, the waters her wall.
NLT	Are you any better than the city of Thebes, situated on the Nile River, surrounded by water? She was protected by the river on all sides, walled in by water.
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KJV	Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

^{Nahum 3:7 ← Nahum 3:8 → Nahum 3:9}

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