Nahum 3:14
Nahum 3:14-15 The Message (MSG)
Store up water for the siege. Shore up your defenses. Get down to basics: Work the clay and make bricks. Sorry. Too late. Enemy fire will burn you up. Swords will cut you to pieces. You’ll be chewed up as if by locusts. * * *
Nahum 3:14 King James Version (KJV)
Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
Nahum 3:14 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Draw for yourself water for the siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Take hold of the brick mold!
Nahum 3:14 New Century Version (NCV)
Get enough water before the long war begins. Make your defenses strong! Get mud, mix clay, make bricks!
Nahum 3:14 American Standard Version (ASV)
Draw thee water for the siege; strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln.
Nahum 3:14 New International Version (NIV)
Draw water for the siege, strengthen your defenses! Work the clay, tread the mortar, repair the brickwork!
Nahum 3:14 New King James Version (NKJV)
Draw your water for the siege! Fortify your strongholds! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Make strong the brick kiln!
Nahum 3:14 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Draw 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]!