Nahum 3:13
Judgment on Nineveh
12All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater! 13Look at your troops— they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
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Berean Standard Bible
Look at your troops— they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies;
fire consumes their bars.
American Standard Version (1901)
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women; the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire hath devoured thy bars.
Bible in Basic English
See, the people who are in you are women; the doorways of your land are wide open to your attackers: the locks of your doors have been burned away in the fire.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Behold thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open to thy enemies, the fire shall devour thy bars.
Free Bible Version
Look! Your soldiers are women among you. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; the bars of the gates will be set on fire.
Geneva Bible 1599
Beholde, thy people within thee are women: the gates of thy land shalbe opened vnto thine enemies, and ye fire shall deuoure thy barres.
King James (Authorized) Version
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
Translation for Translators
Look at your soldiers! They will be as weak/helpless as [MET] women! The gates of your city will be opened wide to allow your enemies to enter them,
and then the bars of those gates will be burned.
Unlocked Literal Bible
See, the people among you are women;
the gates of your land have been opened wide to your enemies;
fire has devoured their bars.
Noah Webster Bible
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open to thy enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
World English Bible
Behold, your troops among you are women. The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies. The fire has devoured your bars.
Young's Literal Translation
Lo, thy people [are] women in thy midst, To thine enemies thoroughly opened Have been the gates of thy land, Consumed hath fire thy bars.