Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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. New Living Translation All your fortresses will fall. They will be devoured like the ripe figs that fall into the mouths of those who shake the trees. English Standard Version All your fortresses are like fig trees with first-ripe figs— if shaken they fall into the mouth of the eater. Berean Standard Bible All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater! King James Bible 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. New King James Version All your strongholds are fig trees with ripened figs: If they are shaken, They fall into the mouth of the eater. New American Standard Bible All your fortifications are fig trees with ripe fruit— When shaken, they fall into the eater’s mouth. NASB 1995 All your fortifications are fig trees with ripe fruit— When shaken, they fall into the eater’s mouth. NASB 1977 All your fortifications are fig trees with ripe fruit— When shaken, they fall into the eater’s mouth. Legacy Standard Bible All your fortifications are fig trees with ripe fruit— When shaken, they fall into the eater’s mouth. Amplified Bible All your fortresses are [nothing but] fig trees with ripe figs— When shaken they fall into the mouth of the eater. Christian Standard Bible All your fortresses are fig trees with figs that ripened first; when shaken, they fall — right into the mouth of the eater! Holman Christian Standard Bible All your fortresses are fig trees with figs that ripened first; when shaken, they fall— right into the mouth of the eater! American Standard Version All thy fortresses shall be like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. Contemporary English Version Your fortresses are fig trees with ripe figs. Merely shake the trees, and fruit will fall into every open mouth. English Revised Version All thy fortresses shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. GOD'S WORD® Translation All your defenses will be like fig trees with the earliest figs. When shaken, the figs fall into the mouth of the eater. Good News Translation All your fortresses will be like fig trees with ripe figs: shake the trees, and the fruit falls right into your mouth! International Standard Version All your defenses are like fig trees with ripe early fruit— when shaken, it falls right into the devourer's mouth. Majority Standard Bible All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater! NET Bible All your fortifications will be like fig trees with first-ripe fruit: If they are shaken, their figs will fall into the mouth of the eater! New Heart English Bible All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. Webster's Bible Translation All thy strong holds shall be like fig-trees with the first ripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. World English Bible All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs. If they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAll your fortresses [are] fig trees with first-fruits, "" If they are shaken, "" They have fallen into the mouth of the eater. Young's Literal Translation All thy fortresses are fig-trees with first-fruits, If they are shaken, They have fallen into the mouth of the eater. Smith's Literal Translation All thy fortresses, fig trees with the early figs: if they shall be shaken, and they fell into the mouth of him eating. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAll thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with their green figs: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater. Catholic Public Domain Version All your fortresses will be like fig trees with their green figs. If they are shaken violently, they will fall into the mouth of the one who devours. New American Bible But all your fortresses are fig trees, bearing early figs; When shaken, they fall into the devourer’s mouth. New Revised Standard Version All your fortresses are like fig trees with first-ripe figs— if shaken they fall into the mouth of the eater. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAll your strongholds shall be like fig trees with the first ripe figs; when they are ripe, they fall into the mouth of the eater. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated All of your fortified cities are the first fruits like figs, which whenever they are ripe they shall fall into the mouth of the eater OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917All thy fortresses shall be like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: If they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. Brenton Septuagint Translation All thy strong-holds are as fig-trees having watchers: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judgment Against Nineveh…11You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy. 12All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater! 13Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.… Cross References Isaiah 34:4 All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree. Jeremiah 51:53 Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her,” declares the LORD. Ezekiel 27:26-27 Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea. / Your wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall. Isaiah 13:14 Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land. Jeremiah 50:16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land. Isaiah 24:20 The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again. Ezekiel 31:3-14 Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds. / The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field. / Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters. ... Isaiah 10:33-34 Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled. / He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One. Jeremiah 22:23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.” Isaiah 17:6 Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten—two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel. Matthew 7:17-19 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. / A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. / Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Luke 6:43-44 No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. / For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles. Revelation 6:13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind. Matthew 21:19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered. Mark 11:13-14 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it was not the season for figs. / Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement. Treasury of Scripture All your strong holds shall be like fig trees with the first ripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. Habakkuk 1:10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. Revelation 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. Jump to Previous Eater Fall Falling Fig Figs Fig-Trees First First-Fruits Firstripe First-Ripe Fortifications Fortresses Fruit Holds Mouth Open Places Ripe Shake Shaken Strong Strongholds Trees WalledJump to Next Eater Fall Falling Fig Figs Fig-Trees First First-Fruits Firstripe First-Ripe Fortifications Fortresses Fruit Holds Mouth Open Places Ripe Shake Shaken Strong Strongholds Trees WalledNahum 3 1. The destruction of Nineveh.All your fortresses The term "fortresses" refers to the strongholds or defensive structures of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. Historically, Nineveh was known for its formidable walls and defenses, which were considered impregnable. However, the prophet Nahum uses this imagery to convey the vulnerability of these defenses in the face of divine judgment. The Hebrew word for "fortresses" (מִבְצָרֵיךְ, mibtsareik) suggests places of safety and protection, yet Nahum prophesies their inevitable fall, emphasizing that no human strength can withstand God's will. are fig trees with the first ripe figs when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Allכָּ֨ל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every your fortresses מִבְצָרַ֔יִךְ (miḇ·ṣā·ra·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 4013: A fortification, castle, fortified city, a defender are fig trees תְּאֵנִ֖ים (tə·’ê·nîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8384: Of foreign derivation, the fig with עִם־ (‘im-) Preposition Strong's 5973: With, equally with the first ripe figs; בִּכּוּרִ֑ים (bik·kū·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1061: The first-fruits of the crop when אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not shaken, יִנּ֕וֹעוּ (yin·nō·w·‘ū) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5128: To quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter they fall וְנָפְל֖וּ (wə·nā·p̄ə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5307: To fall, lie into עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the mouth פִּ֥י (pî) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to of the eater! אוֹכֵֽל׃ (’ō·w·ḵêl) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat Links Nahum 3:12 NIVNahum 3:12 NLT Nahum 3:12 ESV Nahum 3:12 NASB Nahum 3:12 KJV Nahum 3:12 BibleApps.com Nahum 3:12 Biblia Paralela Nahum 3:12 Chinese Bible Nahum 3:12 French Bible Nahum 3:12 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Nahum 3:12 All your fortresses will be like fig (Nah. 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