Nahum 1:11

Nahum 1:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor.
• New International Version (NIV)From you, Nineveh, has one come forth who plots evil against the Lord and devises wicked plans.
• English Standard Version (ESV)From you came one who plotted evil against the Lord, a worthless counselor.
• New King James Version (NKJV)From you comes forth one Who plots evil against the Lord, A wicked counselor.

Context of Nahum 1:11

9Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time. 10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry. From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness. 12This 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. 13For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”

Nahum 1:11 word by word

מִמֵּ֣ךְ יָצָ֔א חֹשֵׁ֥ב עַל־יְהוָ֖ה רָעָ֑ה יֹעֵ֖ץ בְּלִיָּֽעַל׃ סRead the interlinear

• From youמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• comes forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• a plotterחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: deviseH2803
• of evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• a counselorיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• of wickednessבְּלִיַּ֫עַלbelîya‛al · Belial: worthlessH1100

Cross-references for Nahum 1:11

• Nahum 1:9Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
• 2 Kings 18:13In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
• 2 Kings 19:22Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
• 2 Chronicles 32:15So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”
• Isaiah 10:7But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
• 1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
• 2 Samuel 20:1Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
• 2 Chronicles 13:7Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.

Commentaries on Nahum 1:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Imagineth evil against the Lord - Such were Pul, 2 Kings 15:10, Tiglath-pileser, 2 Kings 15:29; Shalmaneser, 2 Kings 17:6; and Sennacherib, 2 Kings 18:17; 2 Kings 19:23. A wicked counsellor - Sennacherib and Rabshakeh.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 There is a great deal plotted against the Lord by the gates of hell, and against his kingdom in the world; but it will prove in vain. With some sinners God makes quick despatch; and one way or other, he will make an utter end of all his enemies. Though they are quiet, and many very secure, and not in fear, they shall be cut down as grass and corn, when the destroying angel passes through. God would hereby work great deliverance for his own…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The counselor of wickedness refers to the Assyrian king. God also addressed the arrogance of an Assyrian king during Hezekiah’s time (around 701 BC; see 2 Kings 19:35–36). Assyria’s counselor of wickedness contrasts with the coming Messiah, the king who is a "Wonderful Counselor" (Isaiah 9:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. The cause of Nineveh's overthrow: Sennacherib's plots against Judah. come out of thee--O Nineveh. From thyself shall arise the source of thy own ruin. Thou shalt have only thyself to blame for it. imagineth evil--Sennacherib carried out the imaginations of his countrymen (Na 1:9) against the Lord and His people (2Ki 19:22, 23). a wicked counsellor--literally, "a counsellor of Belial." Belial means "without profit," worthless, and so bad (1Sa 25:25…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Adversary
• Vengeance
• Imagine
• Job, Book of
• Nahum; the Book of

Commentaries on Nahum 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings