Nahum 1:9

Nahum 1:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
• New International Version (NIV)Whatever they plot against the Lord he will bring to an end; trouble will not come a second time.
• English Standard Version (ESV)What do you plot against the Lord? He will make a complete end; trouble will not rise up a second time.
• New King James Version (NKJV)What do you conspire against the Lord? He will make an utter end of it. Affliction will not rise up a second time.

Context of Nahum 1:9

7The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him. 8But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness. Whatever 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. 11From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.

Nahum 1:9 word by word

מַה־תְּחַשְּׁבוּן֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה כָּלָ֖ה ה֣וּא עֹשֶׂ֑ה לֹֽא־תָק֥וּם פַּעֲמַ֖יִם צָרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Whateverמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• you plotחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: deviseH2803
• againstאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Heהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• will bringעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• to an endכָּלָהkâlâh · consumptionH3617
• Afflictionצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869
• will notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• rise upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• a second timeפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471

Cross-references for Nahum 1:9

• Nahum 1:11From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.
• Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
• Psalms 21:11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
• Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
• Isaiah 8:9Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
• Ezekiel 38:10This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
• Acts 4:25You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
• 2 Corinthians 10:5We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
• 1 Samuel 3:12On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end.
• 1 Samuel 26:8Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”
• 2 Samuel 20:10Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

Commentaries on Nahum 1:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Affliction shall not rise up the second time - There shall be no need to repeat the judgment; with one blow God will make a full end of the business.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. 9Whatever you plot against the LORD: No human plan can succeed against God. Human plans are worthless if they do not align with God's plans (Psalm 2; Isaiah 14:26–27; 23:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. What do ye imagine against the Lord?--abrupt address to the Assyrians. How mad is your attempt, O Assyrians, to resist so powerful a God! What can ye do against such an adversary, successful though ye have been against all other adversaries? Ye imagine ye have to do merely with mortals and with a weak people, and that so you will gain an easy victory; but you have to encounter God, the protector of His people. Parallel to Is 37:23-29; compare Psa 1:1…Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 1:9

• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

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

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