Nahum 3:1

Nahum 3:1 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

1Woe to the city of blood,

full of lies,

full of plunder,

never without victims!

1Woe to the bloody city, completely full of lies and pillage;

Her prey does not leave.

1Woe (judgment is coming) to the city of blood [guilty of murder and mayhem], completely full of lies and pillage;

Her prey never departs [alive]. [Ezek 24:6, 9, 10; Hab 2:12]

1Woe to the city of blood,

full of lies,

full of plunder,

never without prey.

1Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.

1O bloody citie, it is all full of lyes, and robberie: the pray departeth not:

1Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery—no end to the prey.

1How terrible it will be for Nineveh!

It is a city of murderers!

It is full of liars!

It is filled with stolen goods!

The killing never stops!

1 Terrible things will happen to you, Nineveh.

Your people are murderers

and they love to tell lies.

The city is full of valuable things

that belonged to other people.

1Woe [to] the city of blood, || She is all full with lies [and] burglary, || Prey does not depart.