| 1871 - 932 sidor
...figure, commonly used in Scripture to denote a city given to idolatry. Observe, too, Nabum iii. 8: "Art thou better than populous " No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round " it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the «•* T Nineveh, like Rome, and nearly... | |
| Philip Smith - 1871 - 332 sidor
...Nahum denounces on " Nineveh, the city of bloods," the very fate she had inflicted upon Thebes : " Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers " (on both sides of the Nile), " that had the waters round about her, whose rampart was the sea, and... | |
| Philip Smith - 1871 - 620 sidor
...— we have seen how well she earned the title! — the very fate she had inflicted upon Thebes : " Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers " (on both sides of the Nile) ; " that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and... | |
| 1872 - 964 sidor
...and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee? 8Art r plowmen and your vinedressers. 6But ye shall be...and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. ?For ; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. IOYet was she carried away, she went into captivity : her young children... | |
| Robinson Souttar - 1903 - 794 sidor
...Nineveh of the destruction which she herself had brought upon this great city, the city of No-Amon. " Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, her wall from the sea. " Yet was she carried... | |
| Henry Fuller - 1904 - 458 sidor
...chapter three, and eighth verse, is a description of this ancient city, "populous No, that was situated among the rivers, that had the waters round about...rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea." A large portion of this city was built on an island and also both sides of the river. Ancient historians... | |
| Elbert Eli Farman - 1904 - 498 sidor
...last view of Thebes, and reluctantly bidding adieu to the ruins of its once magnificent temples. " Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, . . . Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite ; . . . Yet was she carried away, she... | |
| James Henry Breasted - 1905 - 828 sidor
...was still fresh in his mind as he addressed the doomed city: "Art thou better than No-Amon [Thebes], 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... | |
| James Moses Grainger - 1907 - 80 sidor
...equivalent to a conjunction and a possessive pronoun: Art thou better than populous No, that was situated among the rivers, that had the waters round about...rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? Nahum 3:8. Now these are the kings of the land which the children of Israel smote and possessed their... | |
| 1893 - 796 sidor
...equivalent to a conjunction and a possessive pronoun: Art thou better than populous No, that was situated among the rivers, that had the waters round about...rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? Nahum 3:8. Now these are the kings of the land which the children of Israel smote and possessed their... | |
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