Nahum 2:8

Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

Note of old: or, from the days that she hath been

Note look back: or, cause them to turn

KJV · King James Version
But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back.
WEB · World English Bible
But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

of old
or, from the days that she hath been.
Genesis 10:11
like
Jeremiah 51:13; Revelation 17:1, 15
Stand
Nahum 3:17; Isaiah 13:14; Isaiah 47:13; Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 50:16; Jeremiah 51:30