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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)What do you plot against the Lord? He will make a complete end; trouble will not rise up 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.

Context of Nahum 1:9

7The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble, And He knows those who take refuge in Him. 8But with an overflowing flood He will make a complete end of its site, And will pursue His enemies into darkness. Whatever you devise against the Lord, He will make a complete end of it. Distress will not rise up twice. 10Like tangled thorns, And like those who are drunken with their drink, They are consumed As stubble completely withered. 11From you has gone forth One who plotted evil against the Lord, A wicked counselor.

Nahum 1:9 word by word

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

• Whateverמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• deviseחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: deviseH2803
• againstאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• He will makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• completeכָּלָהkâlâh · consumptionH3617
• Distressצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869
• will not riseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• up twiceפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471

Cross-references for Nahum 1:9

• Nahum 1:11From you has gone forth One who plotted evil against the Lord, A wicked counselor.
• Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in an uproar And the peoples devising a vain thing?
• Psalms 21:11Though they intended evil against You And devised a plot, They will not succeed.
• Psalms 33:10The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations; He frustrates the plans of the peoples.
• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom and no understanding And no counsel against the Lord.
• Isaiah 8:9“Be broken, O peoples, and be shattered; And give ear, all remote places of the earth. Gird yourselves, yet be shattered; Gird yourselves, yet be shattered.
• Ezekiel 38:10‘Thus says the Lord God, “It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil plan,
• Acts 4:25who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said, ‘Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples devise futile things?
• 2 Corinthians 10:5We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,
• 1 Samuel 3:12In that day I will carry out against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
• 1 Samuel 26:8Then Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand; now therefore, please let me strike him with the spear to the ground with one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.”
• 2 Samuel 20:10But Amasa was not on guard against the sword which was in Joab’s hand so he struck him in the belly with it and poured out his inward parts on the ground, and did not strike him again, 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