Nahum 1:8 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

He will put an end to Nineveh with a devastating flood. He will pursue his enemies with darkness.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

But like water overflowing he will take them away; he will put an end to those who come up against him, driving his haters into the dark.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

But with an overrunning flood He will make a full end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue His enemies.

WBS:

But with an over-running flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

WEB:

But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

YLT:

And with a flood passing over, An end He maketh of its place, And His enemies doth darkness pursue.

Nahum 1:8 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 13:9 Behold, the day of the LORD is coming, Cruel, with fury and burning anger, To make the land a desolation; And He will exterminate its sinners from it.

Isaiah 13:10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light.

Isaiah 28:2 Behold, the Lord has a strong and mighty agent; As a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction, Like a storm of mighty overflowing waters, He has cast it down to the earth with His hand.

Isaiah 28:17 "I will make justice the measuring line And righteousness the level; Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies And the waters will overflow the secret place.

Amos 8:8 "Because of this will not the land quake And everyone who dwells in it mourn? Indeed, all of it will rise up like the Nile, And it will be tossed about And subside like the Nile of Egypt. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

1:8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the {i} place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
(i) Signifying that God will suddenly destroy Nineveh and the Assyrians in such a way, that they will lie in perpetual darkness, and never recover their strength again.

WES:

1:8 An over - running flood - His judgments like a mighty flood that overflows all banks, shall swallow up Assyria. Thereof - Of Nineveh, that is Nineveh itself. Darkness - Troubles, and desolating afflictions.

MHC:

1:1-8 About a hundred years before, at Jonah's preaching, the Ninevites repented, and were spared, yet, soon after, they became worse than ever. Nineveh knows not that God who contends with her, but is told what a God he is. It is good for all to mix faith with what is here said concerning Him, which speaks great terror to the wicked, and comfort to believers. Let each take his portion from it: let sinners read it and tremble; and let saints read it and triumph. The anger of the Lord is contrasted with his goodness to his people. Perhaps they are obscure and little regarded in the world, but the Lord knows them. The Scripture character of Jehovah agrees not with the views of proud reasoners. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is slow to wrath and ready to forgive, but he will by no means acquit the wicked; and there is tribulation and anguish for every soul that doeth evil: but who duly regards the power of his wrath?

CONC:

Adversaries Complete Dark Darkness Driving Enemies Flood Foes Full Haters Maketh Nineveh Overflowing Overrunning Over-running Passing Pursue Site Thereof Utter

Adversaries Complete Darkness Driving End Enemies Flood Foes Full Make Maketh Nineveh Overflowing Overrunning Overwhelming Passing Pursue Site Thereof Utter Water

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