Nahum 1:8

Nahum 1:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
• New International Version (NIV)but with an overwhelming flood he will make an end of Nineveh; he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But with an overflowing flood he will make a complete end of the adversaries, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But with an overflowing flood He will make an utter end of its place, And darkness will pursue His enemies.

Context of Nahum 1:8

6Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him. 7The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him. But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness. 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.

Nahum 1:8 word by word

וּבְשֶׁ֣טֶף עֹבֵ֔ר כָּלָ֖ה יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה מְקוֹמָ֑הּ וְאֹיְבָ֖יו יְרַדֶּף־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Read the interlinear

• But with an overwhelmingעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• floodשֶׁ֫טֶףsheţeph shêţeph · floodH7858
• He will makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• an endכָּלָהkâlâh · consumptionH3617
• ·מָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• and pursueרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• His enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• into darknessחֹ֫שֶׁךְchôshek · darknessH2822

Cross-references for Nahum 1:8

• Isaiah 8:7the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates— the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
• Isaiah 28:17I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
• Ezekiel 13:13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.
• Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
• Daniel 11:10But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.
• Amos 8:8Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.
• Amos 9:5The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—
• Matthew 7:27The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”
• 2 Peter 3:6through which the world of that time perished in the flood.
• Nahum 1:1This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
• Nahum 2:8Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
• Zephaniah 2:13And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.
• Job 30:15Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
• Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
• Isaiah 8:22Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
• Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

Commentaries on Nahum 1:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8But with an overrunning flood - Bishop Newcome thinks this may refer to the manner in which Nineveh was taken. The Euphrates overflowed its banks, deluged a part of the city, and overturned twenty stadia of the wall; in consequence of which the desponding king burnt himself, and his palace, with his treasures. - Diodor. Sic., Edit. Wessel., p. 140, lib. ii., s. 27. Darkness shall pursue - Calamity. All kinds of calamity shall pursue them till they are…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8overwhelming flood: This is a metaphor for the strong nature of God's judgment (see Nahum 2:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. with an overrunning flood--that is, with irresistible might which overruns every barrier like a flood. This image is often applied to overwhelming armies of invaders. Also of calamity in general (Psa 32:6; 42:7; 90:5). There is, perhaps, a special allusion to the mode of Nineveh's capture by the Medo-Babylonian army; namely, through a flood in the river which broke down the wall twenty furlongs (see on Na 2:6; Is 8:8; Da 9:26; 11:10, 22, 40). end of…Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 1:8

• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Adversary
• Media
• Vengeance
• Job, Book of
• Nahum; the Book of
• Nineveh

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