Nahum 2:9

Nahum 2:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
• New International Version (NIV)Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The supply is endless, the wealth from all its treasures!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Take spoil of silver! Take spoil of gold! There is no end of treasure, Or wealth of every desirable prize.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Loot the silver! Plunder the gold! There’s no end to Nineveh’s treasures— its vast, uncounted wealth.

Context of Nahum 2:9

7its mistress is stripped; she is carried off, her slave girls lamenting, moaning like doves and beating their breasts. 8Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away. "Halt! Halt!" they cry, but none turns back. Plunder the silver, plunder the gold! There is no end of the treasure or of the wealth of all precious things. 10Desolate! Desolation and ruin! Hearts melt and knees tremble; anguish is in all loins; all faces grow pale! 11Where is the lions' den, the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and lioness went, where his cubs were, with none to disturb?

Nahum 2:9 word by word

בֹּ֥זּוּ כֶ֖סֶף בֹּ֣זּוּ זָהָ֑ב וְאֵ֥ין קֵ֙צֶה֙ לַתְּכוּנָ֔ה כָּבֹ֕ד מִכֹּ֖ל כְּלִ֥י חֶמְדָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Take ye the spoilבָּזַזbâzaz · to plunderH962
• of silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• of goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• none endקֵ֫צֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
• of the storeתְּכוּנָהtekûnâh · arrangementH8498
• gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• out of all the pleasantחֶמְדָּהchemdâh · desireH2532
• furnitureכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627

Cross-references for Nahum 2:9

• Isaiah 33:1Ah, you destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed, you traitor, whom none has betrayed! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you.
• Jeremiah 51:56for a destroyer has come upon her, upon Babylon; her warriors are taken; their bows are broken in pieces, for the Lord is a God of recompense; he will surely repay.
• Nahum 2:12The lion tore enough for his cubs and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh.
• 2 Chronicles 36:10In the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and made his brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 25:34"Wail, you shepherds, and cry out, and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock, for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come, and you shall fall like a choice vessel.
• Ezekiel 26:12They will plunder your riches and loot your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. Your stones and timber and soil they will cast into the midst of the waters.
• Daniel 11:8He shall also carry off to Egypt their gods with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold, and for some years he shall refrain from attacking the king of the north.

Commentaries on Nahum 2:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Take ye the spoil - Though the king burnt his treasures, vestments, etc., he could not totally destroy the silver and the gold. Nor did he burn the riches of the city; these fell a prey to the conquerors; and there was no end of the store of glorious garments, and the most costly vessels and furniture.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold - Nineveh had not hearkened of old to the voice of the prophet, but had turned back to sin; it cannot hearken now, for fear. He turns to the spoiler to whom God‘s judgments assigned her, and who is too ready to hear. The gold and silver, which the last Assyrian King had gathered into the palace which he fired, was mostly removed (the story says, treacherously) to Babylon. Arbaces is said to have borne…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The great wealth from other nations came into the Assyrian capital through trade, tribute, and spoils, but it vanished quickly. Ruthless aggression and wickedness may succeed for a short time, but they will eventually face destruction (Proverbs 13:22; Obadiah 1:15; Luke 12:16–20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. silver ... gold--The conquerors are summoned to plunder the city. Nineveh's riches arose from the annual tribute paid by so many subject states, as well as from its extensive merchandise (Na 3:16; Eze 27:23, 24). store--accumulated by the plunder of subject nations. It is remarkable, that while small articles of value (bronze inlaid with gold, gems, seals, and alabaster vases) are found in the ruins of Nineveh, there are is none of gold and silver…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Devour
• Empty
• Gold
• Hole
• Justle
• Mightily
• Nineveh
• Prophecy
• Rage
• Raven

Commentaries on Nahum 2

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings