King James Version

Nahum 3:6

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.

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וְהִשְׁלַכְתִּ֥יvehishlakhtiand throwשָׁלַךְconjunction, verb, hiphil, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and throw”, a completed actionH7993to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.עָלַ֛יִךְalayikhaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…שִׁקֻּצִ֖יםshiqutsimabominable filthשִׁקּוּץnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “abominable filth”, the ordinary formH8251disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idolabominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing).וְנִבַּלְתִּ֑יךְvenibaltikheand disgraceנָבֵלconjunction, verb, piel, perfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and disgrace”, a completed actionH5034to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgracedisgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, [idiom] surely, make vile, wither.וְשַׂמְתִּ֖יךְvesamtikheand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and put”, a completed actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…כְּרֹֽאִיkeroias gazingstockרֳאִיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as gazingstock”, the ordinary formH7210sight, whether abstractly (vision) or concretely (a spectacle)gazingstock, look to, (that) see(-th).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And I will cast detestable things upon thee, and make thee vile, and will make thee as dung.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I have cast upon thee abominations, And dishonoured thee, and made thee as a sight.

World English Bible

I will throw abominable filth on you and make you vile, and will make you a spectacle.

Darby Translation

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing stock.

Douay-Rheims

And I will cast abominations upon thee, and will disgrace thee, and will make an example of thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And I will cast detestable things upon thee, and make thee vile, and will make thee as dung.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee according to thine unclean ways, and will make thee a public example.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπιῤῥίψω ἐπὶ σὲ βδελυγμὸν κατὰ τὰς ἀκαθαρσίας σου, καὶ θήσομαί σε εἰς παράδειγμα.