New International Version (NIV)
7It is decreed that Nineveh
be exiled and carried away.
Her female slaves moan like doves
and beat on their breasts.
Nahum 2:7
Nahum 2:7 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
7It is set:
She is stripped, she is led away,
And her slave women are sobbing like the sound of doves,
Beating their breasts.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
7It is decreed:
Nineveh is stripped, and she is carried away,
And her handmaids are moaning like the sound of doves,
Beating on their breasts [in sorrow].
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
7It is decreed that the city be exiled
and carried away;
her maidservants moan like doves,
and beat upon their breasts.
American Standard Version (ASV)
7And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
7And Huzzab the Queene shalbe led away captiue, and her maides shall leade her as with the voyce of doues, smiting vpon their breastes.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
7It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her servants moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
7The attackers order that Nineveh’s people
be taken away as prisoners.
The female slaves sound like doves as they mourn.
They beat their chests.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
7Nineveh's people must leave their city with much shame.
Their enemy will lead them away as prisoners.
The female slaves make sad noises like doves.
They use their hands to hit themselves because they are upset.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
7And it is established—she has removed, || She has been brought up, || And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, || Tabering on their hearts.