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 Living Translation (NLT)The chariots race recklessly along the streets and rush wildly through the squares. They flash like firelight and move as swiftly as lightning.

Context of Nahum 2:4

2For the Lord will restore the excellence of Jacob Like the excellence of Israel, For the emptiers have emptied them out And ruined their vine branches. 3The shields of his mighty men are made red, The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots come with flaming torches In the day of his preparation, And the spears are brandished. The chariots rage in the streets, They jostle one another in the broad roads; They seem like torches, They run like lightning. 5He remembers his nobles; They stumble in their walk; They make haste to her walls, And the defense is prepared. 6The gates of the rivers are opened, And the palace is dissolved.

Nahum 2:4 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• The chariotsרֶ֫כֶבrekeb · chariotH7393
• shall rageהָלַלhâlal · to boast: rave madlyH1984
• in the streetsחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• they shall justle one against anotherשָׁקַקshâqaq · to rushH8264
• in the broad waysרְחוֹבrechôb rechôb · street/plazaH7339
• they shall seemמַרְאֶהmar'eh · appearanceH4758
• like torchesלַפִּידlappîyd lappid · torchH3940
• they shall runרוּץrûts · to run: runH7323
• like the lightningsבָּרָקbârâq · lightningH1300

Cross-references for Nahum 2:4

• Nahum 3:2The noise of a whip And the noise of rattling wheels, Of galloping horses, Of clattering chariots!
• Isaiah 37:24By your servants you have reproached the Lord, And said, ‘By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter its farthest height, To its fruitful forest.
• Isaiah 66:15For behold, the Lord will come with fire And with His chariots, like a whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire.
• Jeremiah 4:13“Behold, he shall come up like clouds, And his chariots like a whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are plundered!”
• Ezekiel 26:10Because of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen, the wagons, and the chariots, when he enters your gates, as men enter a city that has been breached.
• Daniel 11:40“At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm 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