But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back.

尼尼微自古以来充满人民，如同聚水的池子；现在居民却都逃跑。虽有人呼喊说：“站住！站住！”却无人回顾。

尼尼微自古以来如同聚水的池子；现在居民都在逃跑。“站住！站住！”却无人回转。

尼尼微自古以来如同聚水的池子；现在居民都在逃跑。“站住！站住！”却无人回转。

尼尼微城自古以来就像聚水的池子，如今居民却像泄漏的池水四散奔逃。虽有人喊：“站住！站住！”却无人回头。

自古以来，尼尼微一直都像个聚水的池，但现在居民却不断溃逃（全句或参照《七十士译本》作“尼尼微像个水池，她的水不断流出”）；虽然有人呼叫：“止住！止住！”却没有回转的。

尼尼微自古以來充滿人民，如同聚水的池子；現在居民卻都逃跑。雖有人呼喊說：站住！站住！卻無人回顧。

尼尼微自古以來如同聚水的池子；現在居民都在逃跑。「站住！站住！」卻無人回轉。

尼尼微自古以來如同聚水的池子；現在居民都在逃跑。「站住！站住！」卻無人回轉。

尼尼微城自古以來就像聚水的池子，如今居民卻像洩漏的池水四散奔逃。雖有人喊：「站住！站住！」卻無人回頭。

自古以來，尼尼微一直都像個聚水的池，但現在居民卻不斷潰逃（全句或參照《七十士譯本》作“尼尼微像個水池，她的水不斷流出”）；雖然有人呼叫：“止住！止住！”卻沒有回轉的。

尼尼微像個水池！都是水啊，她！其人民都在流亡出來呢！有聲音喊着說：『站住！站住！』卻沒有人轉臉回顧。

伊古以來、尼尼微若匯水之沼、今居民逃遁、或呼之曰、止止、無回顧者、

越在疇昔、尼尼微邑若滙水之區、今民逃遁、呼之使止、彼不敢回顧焉、

尼尼微自古滿人、若池滿水、今皆逃遁、人呼之曰、止也、止也、無人回顧、

Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away.“ Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.

Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away.“ Stop running away!” someone cries out. But no one turns back.

Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away.“ Halt! Halt!” they cry, but none turns back.

Nineveh is like a leaking water reservoir! The people are slipping away.“ Stop, stop!” someone shouts, but no one even looks back.

Nineveh has been like a pool of water from her first days, but they are fleeing.“ Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.

Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, Yet they are fleeing;“ Stop, stop,” But no one turns back.

Though Nineveh of old was like a pool of water, Now they flee away.“ Halt! Halt!” they cry; But no one turns back.

Nineveh has been like a pool of water from her first days, but they are fleeing.“ Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.

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.

Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, but now her people are running away; she cries out:“ Stop! Stop!”– but no one turns back.

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.

Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth- Ir, and Calah,

And it shall come to pass, that as the chased roe, and as sheep that no man gathereth, they shall turn every man to his own people, and shall flee every man to his own land.

O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness.

Wherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.

Thy princes are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which encamp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

Go ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth: say ye, Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the star- gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.

The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might hath failed; they are become as women: her dwelling- places are set on fire; her bars are broken.

And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters;

And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.