Nahum 2:5

Nahum 2:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
• New International Version (NIV)Nineveh summons her picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He remembers his officers; they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall; the siege tower is set up.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He remembers his nobles; They stumble in their walk; They make haste to her walls, And the defense is prepared.

Context of Nahum 2:5

3The shields of his warriors are dyed red; the mighty soldiers are dressed in scarlet garments. The metal fittings of the chariots shine like fire on the day of battle; the soldiers brandish their spears. 4The chariots race madly through the streets, they rush back and forth in the broad plazas; they look like lightning bolts, they dash here and there like flashes of lightning. The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower. 6The sluice gates are opened; the royal palace is deluged and dissolves. 7Nineveh is taken into exile and is led away; her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts.

Nahum 2:5 word by word

יִזְכֹּר֙ אַדִּירָ֔יו יִכָּשְׁל֖וּ בַּהֲלִֽיכָתָ֑ם יְמַֽהֲרוּ֙ חֽוֹמָתָ֔הּ וְהֻכַ֖ן הַסֹּכֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He shall recountזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• his worthiesאַדִּיר'addîyr · greatH117
• they shall stumbleכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
• in their walkהֲלִיכָהhălîykâh · walkH1979
• they shall make hasteמָהַרmâhar · to hastenH4116
• to the wallחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• thereof, and the defenceסֹכֵךְsâkak ώâkak · protectorH5526
• shall be preparedכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559

Cross-references for Nahum 2:5

• Isaiah 21:5Arrange the table, lay out the carpet, eat and drink! Get up, you officers, smear oil on the shields!
• Jeremiah 50:29“Call for archers to come against Babylon! Summon against her all who draw the bow! Set up camp all around the city! Do not allow anyone to escape! Pay her back for what she has done. Do to her what she has done to others. For she has proudly defied me, the Holy One of Israel.
• Jeremiah 51:27“Raise up battle flags throughout the lands. Sound the trumpets calling the nations to do battle. Prepare the nations to do battle against Babylonia. Call for these kingdoms to attack her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander to lead the attack. Send horses against her like a swarm of locusts.
• Nahum 3:3The charioteers will charge ahead; their swords will flash and their spears will glimmer! There will be many people slain; there will be piles of the dead, and countless casualties – so many that people will stumble over the corpses.
• Isaiah 5:27None tire or stumble, they don’t stop to nap or sleep. They don’t loosen their belts, or unstrap their sandals to rest.
• Jeremiah 46:12The nations will hear of your devastating defeat. your cries of distress will echo throughout the earth. In the panic of their flight one soldier will trip over another and both of them will fall down defeated.”

Commentaries on Nahum 2:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5He shall recount his worthies - Muster up his most renowned warriors and heroes. Shall make haste to the wall - Where they see the enemies making their most powerful attacks, in order to get possession of the city.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5He shall recount his worthies - The Assyrian king wakes as out of a sleep, literally, “he remembers his mighty men” (as Nahum 3:18; Judges 5:13; Nehemiah 3:5); “they stumble in their walk,” literally, paths, not through haste only and eager fear, but from want of inward might and the aid of God. These whom God leads stumble not Isaiah 63:13.: “Perplexed every way and not knowing what they ought to do, their mind wholly darkened and almost drunken with…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The Assyrian king recovers from the surprise attack on Nineveh and calls out to his officers. He and the city are unprepared, so they hurry to the walls to stop the siege. the protective shield is set in place (literally the covering is prepared): The meaning of the Hebrew term here is unclear. Covering probably refers to something that attackers or defenders used for protection. It helped shield them from weapons thrown through the air.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. The Assyrian preparations for defense. He--the Assyrian king. shall recount his worthies--(Na 3:18). Review, or count over in his mind, his nobles, choosing out the bravest to hasten to the walls and repel the attack. But in vain; for they shall stumble in their walk--"they shall stumble in their advance" through fear and hurry. the defence shall be prepared--rather, the covering machine used by besiegers to protect themselves in advancing to the wall…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

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• Hole
• Justle
• Media
• Mightily
• Rage
• Raven
• Smite
• Tabor

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