God’s Word Translation
Nahum 1:11
11From you, Nineveh, a person who plans evil against the Lord sets out. His advice is wicked.
Nahum 1:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor.
- New International Version (NIV)From you, Nineveh, has one come forth who plots evil against the Lord and devises wicked plans.
- English Standard Version (ESV)From you came one who plotted evil against the Lord, a worthless counselor.
- New King James Version (NKJV)From you comes forth one Who plots evil against the Lord, A wicked counselor.
Context of Nahum 1:11
9What do you think about the Lord? He is the one who will bring Nineveh to an end. This trouble will never happen again. 10⌞The people of Nineveh will be⌟ like tangled thorns and like people drunk on their own drink. They will be completely burned up like very dry straw. From you, Nineveh, a person who plans evil against the Lord sets out. His advice is wicked. 12This is what the Lord says: Though the people of Nineveh are physically fit and many in number, they will be cut down and die. Though I have humbled you, Judah, I will not humble you again. 13But now I will break Nineveh’s yoke off of you and tear its chains from you.
Read all of Nahum 1Nahum 1:11 word by word
מִמֵּ֣ךְ יָצָ֔א חֹשֵׁ֥ב עַל־יְהוָ֖ה רָעָ֑ה יֹעֵ֖ץ בְּלִיָּֽעַל׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Nahum 1:11
- Nahum 1:9What do you think about the Lord? He is the one who will bring Nineveh to an end. This trouble will never happen again.
- 2 Kings 18:13In Hezekiah’s fourteenth year as king, King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
- 2 Kings 19:22Whom are you defying and slandering? Against whom are you shouting? Who are you looking at so arrogantly? It is the Holy One of Israel!
- 2 Chronicles 32:15Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you like this. Don’t believe him. No god of any nation or kingdom could save his people from me or my ancestors. Certainly, your God will not rescue you from me!”
- Isaiah 10:7But that’s not what they intend to do. Their minds don’t work that way. Their purpose is to destroy and put an end to many nations.
- 1 Samuel 2:12Eli’s sons, ⌞Hophni and Phinehas,⌟ were good-for-nothing priests; they had no faith in the Lord.
- 2 Samuel 20:1A good-for-nothing man by the name of Sheba, Bichri’s son, from the tribe of Benjamin happened to be at Gilgal. He blew a ram’s horn ⌞to announce⌟, “We have no share in David’s kingdom. We won’t receive an inheritance from Jesse’s son. Everyone to his own tent, Israel!”
- 2 Chronicles 13:7Worthless, good-for-nothing men gathered around him. They opposed Rehoboam, son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was too young and inexperienced to challenge them.
Commentaries on Nahum 1:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Imagineth evil against the Lord - Such were Pul, 2 Kings 15:10, Tiglath-pileser, 2 Kings 15:29; Shalmaneser, 2 Kings 17:6; and Sennacherib, 2 Kings 18:17; 2 Kings 19:23. A wicked counsellor - Sennacherib and Rabshakeh.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. 11The counselor of wickedness refers to the Assyrian king. God also addressed the arrogance of an Assyrian king during Hezekiah’s time (around 701 BC; see 2 Kings 19:35–36). Assyria’s counselor of wickedness contrasts with the coming Messiah, the king who is a "Wonderful Counselor" (Isaiah 9:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. The cause of Nineveh's overthrow: Sennacherib's plots against Judah. come out of thee--O Nineveh. From thyself shall arise the source of thy own ruin. Thou shalt have only thyself to blame for it. imagineth evil--Sennacherib carried out the imaginations of his countrymen (Na 1:9) against the Lord and His people (2Ki 19:22, 23). a wicked counsellor--literally, "a counsellor of Belial." Belial means "without profit," worthless, and so bad (1Sa 25:25…Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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
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