American Standard Version
"Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. "
— Nahum 3:9, American Standard Version
“Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.”
“Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.”
“Cush and Egypt had limitless strength; Put and the Libyans were among her allies.”
“Ethiopia and Egypt were the strength thereof, and there is no end: Africa and the Libyans were thy helpers.”
“Ethiopia was her strength and Egyptians without number; Put and Lubim were her helpers.”
“Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.”
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock.
And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity; her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Thou also shalt be drunken; thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek a stronghold because of the enemy.
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.