What does Nahum 3:12 mean?
ESV: All your fortresses are like fig trees with first-ripe figs— if shaken they fall into the mouth of the eater.
NIV: All your fortresses are like fig trees with their first ripe fruit; when they are shaken, the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.
NASB: All your fortifications are fig trees with ripe fruit— When shaken, they fall into the eater’s mouth.
CSB: All your fortresses are fig trees with figs that ripened first; when shaken, they fall -- right into the mouth of the eater!
NLT: All your fortresses will fall. They will be devoured like the ripe figs that fall into the mouths of those who shake the trees.
KJV: All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
NKJV: All your strongholds are fig trees with ripened figs: If they are shaken, They fall into the mouth of the eater.
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