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

6Nobody can fight God when he is very angry. The Lord pours his anger out like fire and he breaks the rocks in his path. 7The Lord loves those who believe him. When they are in trouble, they can put their hope in God. But 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. 10He 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.

Nahum 1:8 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• But with an overrunningעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• floodשֶׁ֫טֶףsheţeph shêţeph · floodH7858
• he will makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• an utter endכָּלָהkâlâh · consumptionH3617
• of the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• thereof, and darknessחֹ֫שֶׁךְchôshek · darknessH2822
• shall pursueרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• his enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341

Cross-references for Nahum 1:8

• Isaiah 8:7So I will cause this to happen. I, the Lord God, will bring floods of water from the Euphrates river. That will be the king of Assyria and his powerful armies. They will come like a great river that rises high over its sides.
• Isaiah 28:17Justice and righteousness will make that foundation strong and true. But if you trust in lies, a storm of ice will destroy your safe place. A flood of water will destroy the place where you are hiding.
• Ezekiel 13:13So this is what I, the Almighty Lord, say: Because I am angry with you, I will send strong winds to destroy your wall. I will send a lot of rain and hail.
• Daniel 9:26After the 62 weeks have passed, people will kill the ruler that God had chosen. He will have nothing. Then a foreign ruler and his army will attack the city and the temple. He will destroy them quickly, like a flood of water. War and terrible trouble will continue until the end that God has decided.
• Daniel 11:10Then his sons will prepare to fight a war. They will bring together a large army. Their soldiers will march forward like a powerful river. They will fight a battle all the way into the strong place of their enemy.
• Amos 8:8The whole country will shake because of your sins. Everyone who lives there will weep. The ground will rise up, like the floods of the Nile river in Egypt. Then it will go down again, like the water of the Nile.’
• Amos 9:5The Lord God Almighty will do this! When he touches the earth, it shakes. Everyone who lives there weeps. The ground rises up, like the water of the Nile river in Egypt. Then it goes down again, like the river.
• Matthew 7:27Then a storm came with a lot of rain and wind. The rivers rose up high. Strong winds blew hard against the house. That house fell down. The storm destroyed it completely.’
• 2 Peter 3:6Also, God used water to destroy that same world long ago. He spoke his word and he covered the land with water.
• Nahum 1:1Nahum lives in Elkosh and this is his prophecy about the people in Nineveh.
• Nahum 2:8Nineveh is like a pool of water. But now its people run away, like water that is pouring away. ‘Stop, stop!’ they shout, but nobody comes back.
• Zephaniah 2:13The Lord will go against the north. There, he will destroy the country called Assyria. He will also destroy Nineveh city. That place will become as dry as a desert.
• Job 30:15So I am always afraid. My honour has disappeared as if a strong wind has blown it away. My riches have also gone, like a cloud that passes across the sky.
• Proverbs 4:19But the life of wicked people is like a very dark road. They cannot even see what causes them to fall.
• Isaiah 8:22They will look down at the earth, but they will only see trouble. Everywhere will be dark and people will have no hope. Then they will fall into complete darkness.
• Jeremiah 13:16Give honour to the Lord your God, before it is too late. Do it before he makes everywhere become dark. Then you will fall down, like someone who walks on the mountains at night. You may hope for light to come, but God will make it completely dark.

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