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Nahum 3:8

Are you better than the populous Alexandria, which dwells along the rivers? Waters encircle it: the sea, with its riches. The waters are its walls
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King James Version

Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

English Standard Version

Are you better than Thebes that sat by the Nile, with water around her, her rampart a sea, and water her wall?

New International Version

Are you better than Thebes, situated on the Nile, with water around her? The river was her defense, the waters her wall.