Nahum 1:1

AMP: The oracle (a burdensome message—a pronouncement from God) concerning Nineveh [the capital city of Assyria]. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh [which he saw in spirit and prophesied].

ASV: The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

BSB: This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

DARBY: The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

DRA: The burden of Ninive. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elcesite.

KJV: The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

Nahum 1:2

AMP: ¶The Lord is a jealous and avenging God [protecting and demanding what is rightfully and uniquely His];The Lord avenges and He is full of wrath.The Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries,And He reserves wrath for His enemies. [Ex 20:5]

ASV: Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and is full of wrath; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies.

BSB: The LORD is a jealous and avenging God;the LORD is avenging and full of wrath.The LORD takes vengeance on His foesand reserves wrath for His enemies.

DARBY: A jealous and avenging God is Jehovah: an avenger is Jehovah, and full of fury: Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies.

DRA: The Lord is a jealous God, and a revenger: the Lord is a revenger, and hath wrath: the Lord taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he is angry with his enemies.

KJV: God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

Nahum 1:3

AMP: The Lord is slow to anger and great in powerAnd He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm,And the clouds are the dust beneath His feet. [Ex 34:6, 7]

ASV: Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear [the guilty]: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

BSB: The LORD is slow to angerand great in power;the LORD will by no meansleave the guilty unpunished.His path is in the whirlwind and storm,and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

DARBY: Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and doth not at all clear [the guilty]: Jehovah, his way is in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

DRA: The Lord is patient, and great in power, and will not cleanse and acquit the guilty. The Lord's ways are in a tempest, and a whirlwind, and clouds are the dust of his feet.

KJV: The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Nahum 1:4

AMP: He rebukes the sea and dries it up;He dries up all the rivers [illustrating His judgment].Bashan [on the east] and [Mount] Carmel [on the west] wither,And [in the north] the blossoms of Lebanon fade.

ASV: He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

BSB: He rebukes the sea and dries it up;He makes all the rivers run dry.Bashan and Carmel wither,and the flower of Lebanon wilts.

DARBY: He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

DRA: He rebuketh the sea, and drieth it up: and bringeth all the rivers to be a desert. Basan languisheth and Carmel: and the dower of Libanus fadeth away.

KJV: He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

Nahum 1:5

AMP: The mountains quake before HimAnd the hills melt away;Indeed the earth is shaken by His presence—Yes, the world and all that dwell in it.

ASV: The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

BSB: The mountains quake before Him,and the hills melt away;the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.

DARBY: The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt, and the earth is upheaved at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.

DRA: The mountains tremble at him, and the hills are made desolate: and the earth hath quaked at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.

KJV: The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

Nahum 1:6

AMP: Who can stand before His indignation [His great wrath]?And who can stand up and endure the fierceness of His anger?His wrath is poured out like fireAnd the rocks are destroyed by Him.

ASV: Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.

BSB: Who can withstand His indignation?Who can endure His burning anger?His wrath is poured out like fire;even rocks are shattered before Him.

DARBY: Who shall stand before his indignation? and who shall abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.

DRA: Who can stand before the face of his indignation? and who shall resist in the fierceness of his anger? his indignation is poured out like fire: and the rocks are melted by him.

KJV: Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

Nahum 1:7

AMP: The Lord is good,A strength and stronghold in the day of trouble;He knows [He recognizes, cares for, and understands fully] those who take refuge and trust in Him. [Ps 1:6; Hos 13:5; John 10:14, 27]

ASV: Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him.

BSB: The LORD is good,a stronghold in the day of distress;He cares for those who trust in Him.

DARBY: Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

DRA: The Lord is good and giveth strength in the day of trouble: and knoweth them that hope in him.

KJV: The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

Nahum 1:8

AMP: But with an overwhelming flood [of judgment through invading armies]He will make a complete destruction of its siteAnd will pursue His enemies into darkness.

ASV: But with an over-running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

BSB: But with an overwhelming floodHe will make an end of Ninevehand pursue His enemies into darkness.

DARBY: But with an overrunning flood he will make a full end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

DRA: But with a flood that passeth by, he will make an utter end of the place thereof: and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

KJV: But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

Nahum 1:9

AMP: ¶Whatever [plot] you [Assyrians] devise against the Lord,He will make a complete end of it;Affliction [of God’s people by the hand of Assyria] will not occur twice.

ASV: What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.

BSB: Whatever you plot against the LORD,He will bring to an end.Affliction will not rise upa second time.

DARBY: What do ye imagine against Jehovah? He will make a full end: trouble shall not rise up the second time.

DRA: What do ye devise against the Lord? he will make an utter end: there shall not rise a double affliction.

KJV: What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

Nahum 1:10

AMP: Like tangled thorn branches [gathered for fuel],And like those drowned in drunkenness,The people of Nineveh are consumed [through fire]Like stubble completely withered and dry [in the day of the Lord’s wrath]. [Mal 4:1]

ASV: For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.

BSB: For they will be entangled as with thornsand consumed like the drink of a drunkard —like stubble that is fully dry.

DARBY: Though they be tangled together [as] thorns, and be as drenched from their drink, they shall be devoured as dry stubble, completely.

DRA: For as thorns embrace one another: so while they are feasting and drinking together, they shall be consumed as stubble that is fully dry.

KJV: For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

Nahum 1:11

AMP: From you [O Nineveh],One has gone forth who plotted evil against the Lord,A malevolent counselor [the king of Assyria]. [2 Kin 19:20-23; Is 10:5-7; 36:15-20]

ASV: There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness.

BSB: From you, O Nineveh, comes fortha plotter of evil against the LORD,a counselor of wickedness.

DARBY: Out of thee is gone forth one that imagineth evil against Jehovah, a wicked counsellor.

DRA: Out of thee shall come forth one that imagineth evil against the Lord, contriving treachery in his mind.

KJV: There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

Nahum 1:12

AMP: This is what the Lord says,“Though they are at full strength and many in number,Even so, they will be cut off and pass away.Though I have afflicted you and caused you grief [O Jerusalem],I will afflict you no longer. [2 Kin 19:35-37; John 5:14]

ASV: Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

BSB: This is what the LORD says:“Though they are allied and numerous,yet they will be cut down and pass away.Though I have afflicted you, O Judah,I will afflict you no longer.

DARBY: Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be complete in number, and many as they be, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away; and though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

DRA: Thus saith the Lord: Though they were perfect: and many of them so, yet thus shall they be cut off, and he shall pass: I have afflicted thee, and I will afflict thee no more.

KJV: Thus saith the LORD: Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

Nahum 1:13

AMP: “Now, I will break his yoke [of taxation] off you,And I will tear off your shackles.” [Is 14:25]

ASV: And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

BSB: For I will now break their yoke from your neckand tear away your shackles.”

DARBY: And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds asunder.

DRA: And now I will break in pieces his rod with which he struck thy back, and I will burst thy bonds asunder.

KJV: For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

Nahum 1:14

AMP: ¶The Lord has given a command concerning you [O king of Nineveh]:“Your name will no longer be perpetuated.I will cut off the carved idols and cast imagesFrom the temple of your gods;I will prepare your grave,For you are vile and unworthy.” [Is 37:38; Ezek 32:22, 23]

ASV: And Jehovah hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

BSB: The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh:“There will be no descendantsto carry on your name.I will cut off the carved image and cast idolfrom the house of your gods;I will prepare your grave,for you are contemptible.”

DARBY: And Jehovah hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy god will I cut off the graven image, and the molten image: I will prepare thy grave; for thou art vile.

DRA: And the Lord will give a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name shall be sown: I will destroy the graven and molten thing out of the house of thy God, I will make it thy grave, for thou art disgraced.

KJV: And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

Nahum 1:15

AMP: ¶Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news [telling of Assyria’s destruction],Who announces peace and prosperity!Celebrate your feasts, O Judah;Perform your vows.For the wicked one [the king of Assyria] will never again pass through you;He is completely cut off. [Is 52:7; Rom 10:15]

ASV: Behold, upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! Keep thy feasts, O Judah, perform thy vows; for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

BSB: Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news,who proclaims peace!Celebrate your feasts, O Judah;fulfill your vows.For the wicked will never again march through you;they will be utterly cut off.

DARBY: Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth glad tidings, that publisheth peace! Celebrate thy feasts, Judah, perform thy vows: for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

DRA: Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, and that preacheth peace: O Juda, keep thy festivals, and pay thy vows: for Belial shall no more pass through thee again, he is utterly cut off.

KJV: Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

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