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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Why are you scheming against the Lord? He will destroy you with one blow; he won’t need to strike twice!

Context of Nahum 1:9

7The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him. 8But with an overflowing flood he will make a complete end of the adversaries, and will pursue his enemies into darkness. What do you plot against the Lord? He will make a complete end; trouble will not rise up a second time. 10For they are like entangled thorns, like drunkards as they drink; they are consumed like stubble fully dried. 11From you came one who plotted evil against the Lord, a worthless counselor.

Nahum 1:9 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• What do ye imagineחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: deviseH2803
• against the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• he will makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• an utter endכָּלָהkâlâh · consumptionH3617
• afflictionצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869
• shall not rise upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• the second timeפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471

Cross-references for Nahum 1:9

• Nahum 1:11From you came one who plotted evil against the Lord, a worthless counselor.
• Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
• Psalms 21:11Though they plan evil against you, though they devise mischief, they will not succeed.
• Psalms 33:10The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
• Proverbs 21:30No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the Lord.
• Isaiah 8:9Be broken, you peoples, and be shattered; give ear, all you far countries; strap on your armor and be shattered; strap on your armor and be shattered.
• Ezekiel 38:10"Thus says the Lord God: On that day, thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme
• Acts 4:25who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, "'Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain?
• 2 Corinthians 10:5We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
• 1 Samuel 3:12On that day I will fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
• 1 Samuel 26:8Then Abishai said to David, "God has given your enemy into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice."
• 2 Samuel 20:10But Amasa did not observe the sword that was in Joab's hand. So Joab struck him with it in the stomach and spilled his entrails to the ground without striking a second blow, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the 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