King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
Complete Jewish Bible:
Draw water for the siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Go down in the clay, tread the mortar, Take hold of the mold for bricks!
Berean Standard Bible:
Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!
American Standard Version:
Draw thee water for the siege; strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Draw{H7579} thee waters{H4325} for the siege{H4692}, fortify{H2388} thy strong holds{H4013}: go{H935} into clay{H2916}, and tread{H7429} the morter{H2563}, make strong{H2388} the brickkiln{H4404}.
Cross-References (KJV):
2 Chronicles 32:3
- He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which [were] without the city: and they did help him.
2 Chronicles 32:4
- So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
Nahum 2:1
- ¶ He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make [thy] loins strong, fortify [thy] power mightily.
Jeremiah 46:9
- Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle [and] bend the bow.
Isaiah 37:25
- I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
Isaiah 22:9
- Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
Isaiah 22:11
- Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
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Commentary for Nahum 3:14
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H7579
There are 18 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׁאַב
Transliteration: shâʼab
Pronunciation: sahw-ab'
Description: a primitive root; to bale up water; (woman to) draw(-er, water). - Strong's Number: H4325
There are 525 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מַיִם
Transliteration: mayim
Pronunciation: mah'-yim
Description: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)). - Strong's Number: H4692
There are 25 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מָצוֹר
Transliteration: mâtsôwr
Pronunciation: maw-tsore'
Description: or מָצוּר; from צוּר; something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness; besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower. - Strong's Number: H2388
There are 266 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָזַק
Transliteration: châzaq
Pronunciation: khaw-zak'
Description: a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer; aid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand. - Strong's Number: H4013
There are 37 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מִבְצָר
Transliteration: mibtsâr
Pronunciation: mib-tsawr'
Description: also (in plural) feminine (Daniel 11:l5) מִבְצָרָה; from בָּצַר; a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender; (de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold). - Strong's Number: H935
There are 2307 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בּוֹא
Transliteration: bôwʼ
Pronunciation: bo
Description: a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way. - Strong's Number: H2916
There are 12 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: טִיט
Transliteration: ṭîyṭ
Pronunciation: teet
Description: from an unused root meaning apparently to be sticky (rather perb. a demonstrative); from טוּא, through the idea of dirt to be swept away); mud or clay; figuratively, calamity; clay, dirt, mire. - Strong's Number: H7429
There are 19 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָמַס
Transliteration: râmaç
Pronunciation: raw-mas'
Description: a primitive root; to tread upon (as a potter, in walking or abusively); oppressor, stamp upon, trample (under feet), tread (down, upon). - Strong's Number: H2563
There are 26 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חֹמֶר
Transliteration: chômer
Pronunciation: kho'mer
Description: from חָמַר; properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure; clay, heap, homer, mire, motion. - Strong's Number: H4404
There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מַלְבֵּן
Transliteration: malbên
Pronunciation: mal-bane'
Description: from לָבַן (denominative); a brickkiln; brickkiln.