Nahum 2:4

Nahum 2:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
• New International Version (NIV)The chariots storm through the streets, rushing back and forth through the squares. They look like flaming torches; they dart about like lightning.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The chariots race madly through the streets; they rush to and fro through the squares; they gleam like torches; they dart like lightning.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The chariots rage in the streets, They jostle one another in the broad roads; They seem like torches, They run like lightning.

Context of Nahum 2:4

2For the Lord will restore the splendor of Jacob Like the splendor of Israel, Even though destroyers have laid waste to them And ruined their vines. 3The shields of his warriors are dyed red, The warriors are dressed in scarlet, The chariots are fitted with flashing steel When he is prepared to march, And the juniper spears are brandished. The chariots drive wildly in the streets, They rush around in the public squares; Their appearance is like torches, They drive back and forth like lightning flashes. 5He remembers his officers; They stumble in their advance, They hurry to her wall, And the mantelet is set up. 6The gates of the rivers are opened And the palace sways back and forth.

Nahum 2:4 word by word

בַּֽחוּצוֹת֙ יִתְהוֹלְל֣וּ הָרֶ֔כֶב יִֽשְׁתַּקְשְׁק֖וּן בָּרְחֹב֑וֹת מַרְאֵיהֶן֙ כַּלַּפִּידִ֔ם כַּבְּרָקִ֖ים יְרוֹצֵֽצוּ׃Read the interlinear

• chariotsרֶ֫כֶבrekeb · chariotH7393
• driveהָלַלhâlal · to boast: rave madlyH1984
• wildlyהָלַלhâlal · to boast: praiseH1984
• in the streetsחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• They rushשָׁקַקshâqaq · to rushH8264
• publicרְחוֹבrechôb rechôb · street/plazaH7339
• Their appearanceמַרְאֶהmar'eh · appearanceH4758
• is like torchesלַפִּידlappîyd lappid · torchH3940
• They driveרוּץrûts · to run: runH7323
• like lightningבָּרָקbârâq · lightningH1300
• flashesבָּרָקbârâq · lightningH1300

Cross-references for Nahum 2:4

• Nahum 3:2The sound of the whip, The sound of the roar of the wheel, Galloping horses And bounding chariots!
• Isaiah 37:24Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, And you have said, ‘With my many chariots I came up to the heights of the mountains, To the remotest parts of Lebanon; And I cut down its tall cedars and its choice junipers. And I will come to its highest peak, its thickest forest.
• Isaiah 66:15For behold, the Lord will come in fire, And His chariots like the whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire.
• Jeremiah 4:13“Behold, he goes up like clouds, And his chariots like the whirlwind; His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!”
• Ezekiel 26:10Because of the multitude of his horses, the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots when he enters your gates as warriors enter a city that is breached.
• Daniel 11:40“And at the end time the king of the South will wage war with him, and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he will enter countries, overflow them, and pass through.

Commentaries on Nahum 2:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The chariots shall rage - Those of the besiegers and the besieged, meeting in the streets, producing universal confusion and carnage.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Chariots were almost impossible to stop in battle due to their speed and strength.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. rage--are driven in furious haste (Jr 46:9). justle one against another--run to and fro [Maurer]. in the broad ways--(2Ch 32:6). Large open spaces in the suburbs of Nineveh. they shall seem like torches--literally, "their (feminine in Hebrew) appearance (is)": namely, the appearance of the broad places is like that of torches, through the numbers of chariots in them flashing in the sun (Pr 8:26, Margin). run like the lightnings--with rapid violence (Mt…Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 2:4

• Chariot
• Lightning

In the dictionaries

• Devour
• Empty
• Hole
• Justle
• Mightily
• Rage
• Raven
• Smite
• Tabor
• Broad

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