Nahum 3:12

All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the first ripe figs: if they bee shaken, they shall euen fall into the mouth of the eater.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

All your fortifications are fig trees with ripe fruit-- When shaken, they fall into the eater's mouth.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

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.
- American Standard Version (1901)

All your walled places will be like fig-trees and your people like the first figs, falling at a shake into the mouth which is open for them.
- Basic English Bible

All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

All thy strongholds are [like] fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they even fall into the mouth of the eater.
- Darby Bible

All 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.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

All thy fortresses shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.
- English Revised Version

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.
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for Nahum 3:12

3:12 Ripe figs - Whose weight and ripeness will bring them quickly to the ground. Shaken - If but lightly touched.