Nahum 3:2

Nahum 3:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
• New International Version (NIV)The crack of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses and jolting chariots!
• English Standard Version (ESV)The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
• New Living Translation (NLT)Hear the crack of whips, the rumble of wheels! Horses’ hooves pound, and chariots clatter wildly.

Context of Nahum 3:2

1Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. Its victim never departs. The noise of a whip And the noise of rattling wheels, Of galloping horses, Of clattering chariots! 3Horsemen charge with bright sword and glittering spear. There is a multitude of slain, A great number of bodies, Countless corpses— They stumble over the corpses— 4Because of the multitude of harlotries of the seductive harlot, The mistress of sorceries, Who sells nations through her harlotries, And families through her sorceries.

Nahum 3:2 word by word

ק֣וֹל שׁ֔וֹט וְק֖וֹל רַ֣עַשׁ אוֹפָ֑ן וְס֣וּס דֹּהֵ֔ר וּמֶרְכָּבָ֖ה מְרַקֵּדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The noiseקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• of a whipשׁוֹטshôţ · whipH7752
• and the noiseקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• of the rattlingרַ֫עַשׁra‛ash · quakingH7494
• of the wheelsאוֹפָן'ôphân 'ôphân · wheelH212
• and of the pransingדָּהַרdâhar · to rushH1725
• horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
• and of the jumpingרָקַדrâqad · to skip aboutH7540
• chariotsמֶרְכָּבָהmerkâbâh · chariotH4818

Cross-references for Nahum 3:2

• Nahum 2:3The 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.
• Judges 5:22Then the horses’ hooves pounded, The galloping, galloping of his steeds.
• Job 39:22He mocks at fear, and is not frightened; Nor does he turn back from the sword.
• Isaiah 9:5For every warrior’s sandal from the noisy battle, And garments rolled in blood, Will be used for burning and fuel of fire.
• Jeremiah 47:3At the noise of the stamping hooves of his strong horses, At the rushing of his chariots, At the rumbling of his wheels, The fathers will not look back for their children, Lacking courage,

Commentaries on Nahum 3:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The noise (literally, “voice”) of the whip - There is cry against cry; the voice of the enemy, brought upon them through the voice of the oppressed. Blood hath a voice which crieth Genesis 4:10 to heaven; its echo or counterpart, as it were, is the cry of the destroyer. All is urged on with terrific speed. The chariot-wheels quiver in the rapid onset; the chariots bound, like living things; the earth echoes with the whirling swiftness of the speed of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3These short, abrupt phrases show how shocking it was to see and hear the battle as it happened. Assyrian chariots and charioteers were feared in many lands because of their speed and power.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. The reader is transported into the midst of the fight (compare Jr 47:3). The "noise of the whips" urging on the horses (in the chariots) is heard, and of "the rattling of the wheels" of war chariots, and the "horses" are seen "prancing," and the "chariots jumping," &c.Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 3:2

• Chariot
• Whip

In the dictionaries

• Depart
• Rattling
• Army
• Assyria
• Nahum; the Book of
• War; Warfare

Commentaries on Nahum 3

• 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