New International Version (NIV)
14Draw water for the siege,
strengthen your defenses!
Work the clay,
tread the mortar,
repair the brickwork!
Nahum 3:14
Nahum 3:14 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
14Draw for yourself water for a siege!
Strengthen your fortifications!
Go into the clay and tread the mortar!
Take hold of the brick mold!
Amplified Bible (AMP)
14Draw water for a [long, continued] siege!
Strengthen your fortresses!
Go down to the clay pits, trample the mortar!
Prepare the brick kiln [to burn bricks for the rampart]!
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
14Draw your water for the siege;
strengthen your fortresses.
Work the clay and tread the mortar;
repair the brick kiln!
American Standard Version (ASV)
14Draw thee water for the siege; strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
14Drawe thee waters for the siege: fortifie thy strong holdes: go into the clay, and temper the morter: make strong bricke.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
14Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
14Prepare 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!
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
14Enemy 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.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
14Waters of a siege draw for yourself, || Strengthen your fortresses, || Enter into mire, and tread on clay, || Make strong a brick-kiln.