KJV
ASV
5. He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
ESV
5. He remembers his officers; they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall; the siege tower is set up.
ERVEN
5. The enemy calls for his best soldiers. They stumble as they rush ahead. They run to the wall and set up their shield over the battering ram.
NLT
5. The king shouts to his officers; they stumble in their haste, rushing to the walls to set up their defenses.
WEB
5. He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
NET
5. The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower.
NLV
5. The leaders are called. They lose their step as they go, and hurry to the wall. The battle-covering is set up.
HCSB
5. He gives orders to his officers; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.
YLT
5. He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten [to] its wall, and prepared is the covering.
LITV
5. He shall remember its nobles; they shall stumble in their walking; they shall hurry to its wall, and the covering shall be set up.
RV
5. He remembereth his worthies: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
NCV
5. Hen calls his officers, but they stumble on the way. They hurry to the city wall, and the shield is put into place.
MKJV
5. He shall remember his nobles; they shall stumble in their walking; they shall make haste to its wall, and the covering shall be prepared.
AKJV
5. He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defense shall be prepared.
LXXEN
5. And their mighty men shall [Or, be remembered] bethink themselves and flee by day; and they shall be weak as they go; and they shall hasten to her walls, and shall prepare their [Or, watches] defences.
KJV
5. He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
AMP
5. [The Assyrian leader] remembers and summons his bravest men; they stumble in their march. They hasten to the city's wall, and their movable defense shelter is prepared and set up.
KJVP
5. He shall recount H2142 his worthies H117 : they shall stumble H3782 in their walk H1979 ; they shall make haste H4116 to the wall H2346 thereof , and the defense H5526 shall be prepared H3559 .
YLT
5. He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten [to] its wall, and prepared is the covering.
ASV
5. He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
WEB
5. He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
NASB
5. the chariots dash madly through the streets And wheel in the squares, looking like firebrands, flashing like lightning bolts.
ESV
5. He remembers his officers; they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall; the siege tower is set up.
RV
5. He remembereth his worthies: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
RSV
5. The officers are summoned, they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall, the mantelet is set up.
NKJV
5. He remembers his nobles; They stumble in their walk; They make haste to her walls, And the defense is prepared.
MKJV
5. He shall remember his nobles; they shall stumble in their walking; they shall make haste to its wall, and the covering shall be prepared.
AKJV
5. He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defense shall be prepared.
NRSV
5. He calls his officers; they stumble as they come forward; they hasten to the wall, and the mantelet is set up.
NIV
5. He summons his picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.
NIRV
5. The commander of the attackers sends for his special troops. But they trip and fall on their way. They run toward the city wall. They keep their shield in front of them.
NLT
5. The king shouts to his officers; they stumble in their haste, rushing to the walls to set up their defenses.
MSG
5. The Assyrian king rallies his men, but they stagger and stumble. They run to the ramparts to stem the tide, but it's too late.
GNB
5. The officers are summoned; they stumble as they press forward. The attackers rush to the wall and set up the shield for the battering ram.
NET
5. The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower.
ERVEN
5. The enemy calls for his best soldiers. They stumble as they rush ahead. They run to the wall and set up their shield over the battering ram.