Nahum 2:4 Parallel Translations

Chariots are racing madly through the streets, rushing this way and that in the city squares. They look like torches, like lightning, as they dart about.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

ASV:

The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.

BBE:

The war-carriages are rushing through the streets, pushing against one another in the wide ways, looking like burning lights, running like thunder-flames.

DBY:

The chariots rush madly in the streets, they justle one against another in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches, they run like lightnings.

ERV:

The chariots rage in the streets, they justle one against another in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches, they run like the lightnings.

JPS:

The chariots rush madly in the streets, they jostle one against another in the broad places; the appearance of them is like torches, they run to and fro like the lightnings.

WBS:

The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

WEB:

The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the broad ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.

YLT:

In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances are like torches, As lightnings they run.

Nahum 2:4 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 66:15 For behold, the LORD will come in fire And His chariots like the whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire.

Jeremiah 4:13 "Behold, he goes up like clouds, And his chariots like the whirlwind; His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!"

Ezekiel 26:10 "Because of the multitude of his horses, the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of cavalry and wagons and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city that is breached.

Nahum 3:2 The noise of the whip, The noise of the rattling of the wheel, Galloping horses And bounding chariots!

Nahum 3:3 Horsemen charging, Swords flashing, spears gleaming, Many slain, a mass of corpses, And countless dead bodies-- They stumble over the dead bodies! (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

2:4 In the streets - Of Nineveh, when taken. Justle - By reason of their multitude and fury. In the broad ways - Where is most room, and yet scarce enough for them to move. Like torches - What with sparkling fire caused by their horses and chariots, what with the glittering of the polished irons about them, and what with the light of flaming torches carried in them. Like the lightnings - Both for speed, irrestibleness and terror.

MHC:

2:1-10 Nineveh shall not put aside this judgment; there is no counsel or strength against the Lord. God looks upon proud cities, and brings them down. Particular account is given of the terrors wherein the invading enemy shall appear against Nineveh. The empire of Assyria is represented as a queen, about to be led captive to Babylon. Guilt in the conscience fills men with terror in an evil day; and what will treasures or glory do for us in times of distress, or in the day of wrath? Yet for such things how many lose their souls!

CONC:

Appearance Appearances Broad Burning Chariots Dart Dash Flaming Flashes Forth Fro Gleam Jostle Justle Lightning Lightnings Lights Madly Out-places Places Pushing Race Rage Run Running Rush Rushing Seem Shine Squares Storm Streets Thunder-flames Torches War-carriages Wide Wildly

Appearance Appearances Broad Burning Chariots Dart Dash Forth Fro Gleam Jostle Lightnings Madly Out-Places Places Race Rage Run Running Rush Seem Squares Streets Thunder-Flames Torches War-Carriages Ways Wide Wildly

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