Nahum 1:6

Nahum 1:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
• New International Version (NIV)Who can withstand his indignation? Who can endure his fierce anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; the rocks are shattered before him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken into pieces by him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who can stand before His indignation? And who can endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are thrown down by Him.

Context of Nahum 1:6

4He shouts a battle cry against the seaand makes it dry up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon withers. 5The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste. No one can withstand his indignation! No one can resist his fierce anger! His wrath is poured out like volcanic fire, boulders are broken up as he approaches. 7The Lord is good – indeed, he is a fortress in time of distress, and he protects those who seek refuge in him. 8But with an overwhelming flood he will make a complete end of Nineveh; he will drive his enemies into darkness.

Nahum 1:6 word by word

לִפְנֵ֤י זַעְמוֹ֙ מִ֣י יַֽעֲמ֔וֹד וּמִ֥י יָק֖וּם בַּחֲר֣וֹן אַפּ֑וֹ חֲמָתוֹ֙ נִתְּכָ֣ה כָאֵ֔שׁ וְהַצֻּרִ֖ים נִתְּצ֥וּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Who can standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• his indignationזַ֫עַםza‛am · indignationH2195
• and who can abideקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• in the fiercenessחָרוֹןchârôn chârôn · burning angerH2740
• of his angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• his furyחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• is poured outנָתַךְnâthak · to pourH5413
• like fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• and the rocksצוּרtsûr tsûr · rockH6697
• are thrown downנָתַץnâthats · to tearH5422

Cross-references for Nahum 1:6

• Psalms 2:12Give sincere homage! Otherwise he will be angry, and you will die because of your behavior, when his anger quickly ignites. How blessed are all who take shelter in him!
• Psalms 76:7You are awesome! Yes, you! Who can withstand your intense anger?
• Psalms 90:11Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you.
• Isaiah 27:4I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire,
• Jeremiah 10:10The Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury.
• Malachi 3:2Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
• Revelation 6:17because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
• Nahum 1:2The Lord is a zealous and avenging God; the Lord is avenging and very angry. The Lord takes vengeance against his foes; he sustains his rage against his enemies.
• Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled by my anger, and it burns to lowest Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and ignites the foundations of the mountains.
• Isaiah 10:16For this reason the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated. His majestic glory will go up in smoke.
• Lamentations 2:4He prepared his bow like an enemy; his right hand was ready to shoot. Like a foe he killed everyone, even our strong young men; he has poured out his anger like fire on the tent of Daughter Zion. ה (He)
• Lamentations 4:11The Lord fully vented his wrath; he poured out his fierce anger. He started a fire in Zion; it consumed her foundations. ל (Lamed)
• Ezekiel 30:16I will ignite a fire in Egypt; Syene will writhe in agony, Thebes will be broken down, and Memphis will face enemies every day.
• Revelation 16:1Then I heard a loud voice from the temple declaring to the seven angels: “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls containing God’s wrath.”

Commentaries on Nahum 1:6

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The Hebrew word translated "wrath" appears again from Nahum 1:2. This repetition marks Nahum 1:2–6 as one poetic section.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. fury is poured out like fire--like the liquid fire poured out of volcanoes in all directions (see Jr 7:20). rocks are thrown down--or, "are burnt asunder"; the usual effect of volcanic fire (Jr 51:25, 56). As Hannibal burst asunder the Alpine rocks by fire to make a passage for his army [Grotius].Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 1:6

• Anger
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In the dictionaries

• Adversary
• Atonement
• Lightning
• Vengeance
• Job, Book of
• Nahum; the Book of

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