Nahum 2:4

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.

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2 For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.

3 The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.

4 The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.

5 He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.

6 The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.

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Nahum 2:4 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.
KJV King James Version: The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
WEB World English Bible: The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the wide ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.
ASV American Standard Version: The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances [are] like torches, As lightnings they run.
DBY Darby Translation: The chariots rush madly in the streets, they justle one against another in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches, they run like lightnings.
WBS Webster Bible: The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.