Verse Comparison: Nahum 2:7
American Standard Version
And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.
Amplified® Bible
It is decreed. She [Nineveh] is stripped and removed, and her maids are lamenting {and} moaning like doves [softly for fear], beating upon their breasts [and hearts].
Contemporary English Version
Nineveh is disgraced. The queen is dragged off. Her servant women mourn; they sound like doves, and they beat their breasts in sorrow.
Darby English Version
And it is decreed: she shall be uncovered, she shall be led away, and her maids shall moan as with the voice of doves, drumming upon their breasts.
Good News Bible
The queen is taken captive; her servants moan like doves and beat their breasts in sorrow.
King James Version
And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
New American Standard Bible
It is fixed: She is stripped, she is carried away, And her handmaids are moaning like the sound of doves, Beating on their breasts.
New International Version
It is decreed that the city
be exiled and carried away.
Its slave girls moan like doves
and beat upon their breasts.
New King James Version
It is decreed:
She shall be led away captive,
She shall be brought up;
And her maidservants shall lead her as with the voice of doves,
Beating their breasts.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
It has become fixed: They strip her and carry away, And her handmaids moan like the sound of doves, Beating on their breasts.
Revised Standard Version
its mistress is stripped, she is carried off, her maidens lamenting, moaning like doves, and beating their breasts.
Young's Literal Translation
And it is established -- she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.
