Nahum 1:10

Nahum 1:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
• New International Version (NIV)They will be entangled among thorns and drunk from their wine; they will be consumed like dry stubble.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For they are like entangled thorns, like drunkards as they drink; they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For while tangled like thorns, And while drunken like drunkards, They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.

Context of Nahum 1:10

8But the people in Nineveh are his enemies and he will kill them. 9The Lord will stop anything that you decide to do immediately. He does not let his enemies have a second chance. He will kill them. And then it will be like when thorn bushes have caught people. Or it will be like when they have drunk too much alcohol. It will be like when someone burns dry straw. 11The Lord tells the king of Nineveh that he has done bad things against God. And the king has told his people that they should do wrong things. 12The Lord has said, ‘The people in Nineveh are many. And they think that they are safe. But I will kill them. I have punished you, my people, before now. But I will not punish you any more.

Nahum 1:10 word by word

כִּ֚י עַד־סִירִ֣ים סְבֻכִ֔ים וּכְסָבְאָ֖ם סְבוּאִ֑ים אֻ֨כְּל֔וּ כְּקַ֥שׁ יָבֵ֖שׁ מָלֵֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• folden togetherסָבַךְsâbak · to interweaveH5440
• thornsסִירsîyr sîyrâh sirâh · thornH5518
• and while they are drunkenסָבָאsâbâ' · to imbibeH5433
• drunkardsסֹ֫בֶאsôbe' · liquorH5435
• they shall be devouredאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• as stubbleקַשׁqash · stubbleH7179
• fullyמָלֵאmâlê' · fullH4392
• dryיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · dryH3002

Cross-references for Nahum 1:10

• 2 Samuel 23:6But God will remove all wicked people. He will throw them away like weeds. They are like thorn bushes that you cannot pull out with your hands.
• Micah 7:4The best of them are dangerous like wild plants with thorns. The most honest of them are worse than thorn bushes. The bad time that your prophets told you about is coming. Soon God will punish you, and you will be confused.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:2You know very well about how the great day of the Lord will happen. That day will surprise people very much, like when a robber comes in the night.
• Nahum 3:11You will be like a man who has drunk too much alcohol. And you will try to hide. You will try to get help from your enemy.
• 1 Samuel 25:36Abigail returned to her husband, Nabal. He was eating a big feast with people in his house. It was as good as a king's feast. Nabal was happy and drunk. So Abigail did not tell him anything until the next morning.
• 2 Samuel 13:28Absalom then told his servants, ‘When Amnon has drunk a lot of wine I will tell you, “Knock him down!” Then you must kill him immediately. Do not be afraid. I am the one who is commanding you to do this. So be strong and brave.’
• Jeremiah 51:39While they are feeling so hungry, I will prepare a feast for them. I will cause them to become drunk, and they will become helpless. They will sleep for ever and they will never wake up again.’ That is what the Lord says.
• Psalms 68:2God, blow them away, as wind blows smoke away. Destroy those wicked people, as wax melts near a fire!
• Isaiah 9:18The evil things that the people do destroy everything. They are like a fire that destroys thorn bushes. They burn up all the bushes in the forest. Clouds of smoke rise up from a great fire.
• Isaiah 10:17The holy God, who is the Light of Israel, will become like a fire. Assyria's soldiers will be like weeds and thorn bushes and the fire will destroy them in one day.
• Isaiah 27:4I am not angry now. If there were thorn bushes or weeds in my vineyard, I would attack them. I would burn them all.
• Malachi 4:1‘The great day when I come to judge people will certainly happen. Punishment will come like the great fire of a hot oven. It will destroy all the proud people who do evil things. It will completely destroy them, like a fire that destroys dry grass. Nothing will remain.’ That is what the Lord Almighty says.

Commentaries on Nahum 1:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10While they be folden together - However united their counsels may be, they shall be as drunken men - perplexed and unsteady in all their resolutions; and before God's judgments they shall be as dry thorns before a devouring fire.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. 7-11This second stanza (see study note on Nahum 1:2–11) focuses on God’s rule, righteousness, and justice in the way he deals with all people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. while they are folden together as thorns--literally, "to the same degree as thorns" (compare 1Ch 4:27, Margin). As thorns, so folded together and entangled that they cannot be loosed asunder without trouble, are thrown by the husbandmen all in a mass into the fire, so the Assyrians shall all be given together to destruction. Compare 2Sa 23:6, 7, where also "thorns" are the image of the wicked. As this image represents the speediness of their…Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 1:10

• Drunkard
• Drunkenness
• Stubble
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Adversary
• Prophecy
• Vengeance
• Wine
• Entangle
• Fold; Folding
• Job, Book of
• Nahum; the Book of
• Thorns, Thistles, Etc.
• Wine; Wine Press

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