Nahum 1:5

Nahum 1:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
• New International Version (NIV)The mountains quake before him and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, the world and all who live in it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The mountains quake before Him, The hills melt, And the earth heaves at His presence, Yes, the world and all who dwell in it.
• New Living Translation (NLT)In his presence the mountains quake, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles, and its people are destroyed.

Context of Nahum 1:5

3The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 4He rebukes the sea and makes it dry; he dries up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither; the bloom of Lebanon withers. The mountains quake before him; the hills melt; the earth heaves before him, the world and all who dwell in it. 6Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken into pieces by him. 7The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.

Nahum 1:5 word by word

הָרִים֙ רָעֲשׁ֣וּ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ וְהַגְּבָע֖וֹת הִתְמֹגָ֑גוּ וַתִּשָּׂ֤א הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ מִפָּנָ֔יו וְתֵבֵ֖ל וְכָל־יֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• quakeרָעַשׁrâ‛ash · to shakeH7493
• at him, and the hillsגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
• meltמוּגmûg · to meltH4127
• and the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• is burnedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• at his presenceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• yea, the worldתֵּבֵלtêbêl · worldH8398
• and all that dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Nahum 1:5

• 2 Samuel 22:8"Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and quaked, because he was angry.
• Psalms 29:5The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
• Psalms 68:8the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
• Psalms 97:4His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.
• Psalms 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
• Isaiah 2:12For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low;
• Jeremiah 4:24I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, and all the hills moved to and fro.
• Habakkuk 3:10The mountains saw you and writhed; the raging waters swept on; the deep gave forth its voice; it lifted its hands on high.
• Matthew 27:51And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.
• Matthew 28:2And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.
• Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.
• Judges 5:5The mountains quaked before the Lord, even Sinai before the Lord, the God of Israel.
• Psalms 46:6The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts.
• Psalms 97:5The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.
• Isaiah 64:1Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence—
• Micah 1:4And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place.

Commentaries on Nahum 1:5

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Poetry in the Old Testament often describes the earth shaking. This language remembers the time of the exodus, when God showed his power as he rescued Israel from Egypt (for example, Psalm 18:7; Habakkuk 3:6; see Exodus 19:18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. earth is burned--so Grotius. Rather, "lifts itself," that is, "heaveth" [Maurer]: as the Hebrew is translated in Psa 89:9; Ho 13:1; compare 2Sa 5:21, Margin.Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 1:5

• Earthquakes
• God
• Mountain
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In the dictionaries

• Adversary
• Earthquake
• Lightning
• Vengeance
• Hill; Mount; Mountain
• 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