Nahum 3:14 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Waters of a siege draw for thyself, Strengthen thy fortresses, Enter into mire, and tread on clay, Make strong a brick-kiln.

English ASV

Draw thee water for the siege; strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln.

English Amplified

Draw for yourself the water [necessary] for a [long continued] siege, make strong your fortresses! Go down into the clay pits and trample the mortar; make ready the brickkiln [to burn bricks for the bulwarks]!

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Draw for yourself the water [necessary] for a [long continued] siege, make strong your fortresses! Go down into the clay pits and trample the mortar; make ready the brickkiln [to burn bricks for the bulwarks]!

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Draw water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Step into the clay and tread the mortar; take hold of the brick-mold!

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln.

English EASY 2024

Enemy soldiers will be all around the city, so get ready! Store the water that you will need. Make your buildings strong. Prepare clay to make bricks for the walls.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Get water and store it inside your city, because the enemy soldiers will surround your city. Make your defenses strong! Get clay to make more bricks and mix the mortar. Get the molds for making bricks.

Draw water for the siege; strengthen your forts; go into the clay; tread the mortar; take hold of the brick mold!

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Draw water to prepare for a siege, and strengthen your fortresses! Trample the clay to make bricks, and get the brick molds ready!

English God's Word - GW 1995

Store water for the siege! Strengthen your defenses! Step into the claypits and trample the clay! Grab the brick mold!

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Draw water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Step into the clay and tread the mortar; take hold of the brick-mold!

English KJV 1611

Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

English LSB

Draw for yourself water for the siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Take hold of the brick mold!

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Draw water for the siege! Strengthen your forts! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Take hold of the brick mold!

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Draw for yourself water for the siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Take hold of the brick mold!

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Draw water for the siege, strengthen your fortresses; Go down into the mud and tread the clay, take hold of the brick mold!

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Draw yourselves water for a siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Trample the mud and tread the clay! Make mud bricks to strengthen your walls!

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Prepare for the attack by storing up water! Make your walls as strong as you can! Make some bricks out of clay! Mix the mud to hold them together! Use them to repair the walls!

English NIV

Draw water for the siege, strengthen your defenses! Work the clay, tread the mortar, repair the brickwork!

English NKJ 1982

Draw your water for the siege! Fortify your strongholds! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Make strong the brick kiln!

English NLT

Get ready for the siege! Store up water! Strengthen the defenses! Make bricks to repair the walls! Go into the pits to trample clay, and pack it into molds!

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Draw water for the siege, strengthen your forts; trample the clay, tread the mortar, take hold of the brick mold!

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Go ahead and draw plenty of water and prepare for the siege. Strengthen your defenses. Get mud, trample the clay, make more bricks.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Draw water for the siege, strengthen your forts; go into the clay, tread the mortar, take hold of the brick mold!

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Get ready for the siege! Store up water! Strengthen the forts! Prepare many bricks for repairing your walls! Go into the pits to trample the clay, and pack it in the molds!

English Tyndale 1537

Draw water now against thou be besieged, make up thy strongholds, go into the clay, temper the mortar, make strong brick:

Nahum 3:14 — Compare Translations