Verse 8
Nahum 3:8
New Living Translation
8
Are you any better than the city of Thebes,<br>situated on the Nile River, surrounded by water?<br>She was protected by the river on all sides,<br>walled in by water.<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֲ/תֵֽיטְבִי֙ מִ/נֹּ֣א אָמ֔וֹן הַ/יֹּֽשְׁבָה֙ בַּ/יְאֹרִ֔ים מַ֖יִם סָבִ֣יב לָ֑/הּ אֲשֶׁר חֵ֣יל יָ֔ם מִ/יָּ֖ם חוֹמָתָֽ/הּ
English Translation
Will you not improve what is established, the one sitting by the rivers, waters surrounding her, who has the strength of the sea from the sea surrounding her?
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