Nahum 3:2

Nahum 3:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
• New International Version (NIV)The crack of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses and jolting chariots!
• English Standard Version (ESV)The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
• New King James Version (NKJV)The noise of a whip And the noise of rattling wheels, Of galloping horses, Of clattering chariots!

Context of Nahum 3:2

1How horrible it will be for that city of bloody violence! It is completely full of lies and stolen goods—never without victims. The sound of the whip! The sound of rattling wheels! Horses gallop! Chariots bounce along! 3Horses charge! Swords flash! Spears glitter! Many are killed! Dead bodies pile up! There is no end to the corpses! People trip over corpses 4because of Nineveh’s constant prostitution, this very charming mistress of evil magic. She used to sell nations her prostitution and people her evil magic.

Nahum 3:2 word by word

ק֣וֹל שׁ֔וֹט וְק֖וֹל רַ֣עַשׁ אוֹפָ֑ן וְס֣וּס דֹּהֵ֔ר וּמֶרְכָּבָ֖ה מְרַקֵּדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The noiseקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• of a whipשׁוֹטshôţ · whipH7752
• and the noiseקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• of the rattlingרַ֫עַשׁra‛ash · quakingH7494
• of the wheelsאוֹפָן'ôphân 'ôphân · wheelH212
• and of the pransingדָּהַרdâhar · to rushH1725
• horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
• and of the jumpingרָקַדrâqad · to skip aboutH7540
• chariotsמֶרְכָּבָהmerkâbâh · chariotH4818

Cross-references for Nahum 3:2

• Nahum 2:3The shields of his warriors are painted red. His soldiers have red uniforms. The metal on his chariots flashes fiery red, so do the spears when they are waved on the day he prepares for battle.
• Judges 5:22Then the horses’ hoofs pounded. The mighty war horses galloped on and on.
• Job 39:22It laughs at fear, is afraid of nothing, and doesn’t back away from swords.
• Isaiah 9:5Every warrior’s boot marching to the sound of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel in the fire.
• Jeremiah 47:3They will hear the sound of galloping war horses, the rattling of enemy chariots, and the rumbling of their wheels. Fathers who lack courage abandon their children.

Commentaries on Nahum 3:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The noise (literally, “voice”) of the whip - There is cry against cry; the voice of the enemy, brought upon them through the voice of the oppressed. Blood hath a voice which crieth Genesis 4:10 to heaven; its echo or counterpart, as it were, is the cry of the destroyer. All is urged on with terrific speed. The chariot-wheels quiver in the rapid onset; the chariots bound, like living things; the earth echoes with the whirling swiftness of the speed of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3These short, abrupt phrases show how shocking it was to see and hear the battle as it happened. Assyrian chariots and charioteers were feared in many lands because of their speed and power.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. The reader is transported into the midst of the fight (compare Jr 47:3). The "noise of the whips" urging on the horses (in the chariots) is heard, and of "the rattling of the wheels" of war chariots, and the "horses" are seen "prancing," and the "chariots jumping," &c.Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 3:2

• Chariot
• Whip

In the dictionaries

• Depart
• Rattling
• Army
• Assyria
• Nahum; the Book of
• War; Warfare

Commentaries on Nahum 3

• 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