Nahum 1:10

Nahum 1:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
• New International Version (NIV)They will be entangled among thorns and drunk from their wine; they will be consumed like dry stubble.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For they are like entangled thorns, like drunkards as they drink; they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For while tangled like thorns, And while drunken like drunkards, They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.

Context of Nahum 1:10

8But he will sweep away his enemies in an overwhelming flood. He will pursue his foes into the darkness of night. 9Why are you scheming against the Lord? He will destroy you with one blow; he won’t need to strike twice! His enemies, tangled like thornbushes and staggering like drunks, will be burned up like dry stubble in a field. 11Who is this wicked counselor of yours who plots evil against the Lord? 12This is what the Lord says: “Though the Assyrians have many allies, they will be destroyed and disappear. O my people, I have punished you before, but I will not punish you again.

Nahum 1:10 word by word

כִּ֚י עַד־סִירִ֣ים סְבֻכִ֔ים וּכְסָבְאָ֖ם סְבוּאִ֑ים אֻ֨כְּל֔וּ כְּקַ֥שׁ יָבֵ֖שׁ מָלֵֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• folden togetherסָבַךְsâbak · to interweaveH5440
• thornsסִירsîyr sîyrâh sirâh · thornH5518
• and while they are drunkenסָבָאsâbâ' · to imbibeH5433
• drunkardsסֹ֫בֶאsôbe' · liquorH5435
• they shall be devouredאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• as stubbleקַשׁqash · stubbleH7179
• fullyמָלֵאmâlê' · fullH4392
• dryיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · dryH3002

Cross-references for Nahum 1:10

• 2 Samuel 23:6But the godless are like thorns to be thrown away, for they tear the hand that touches them.
• Micah 7:4Even the best of them is like a brier; the most honest is as dangerous as a hedge of thorns. But your judgment day is coming swiftly now. Your time of punishment is here, a time of confusion.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.
• Nahum 3:11And you, Nineveh, will also stagger like a drunkard. You will hide for fear of the attacking enemy.
• 1 Samuel 25:36When Abigail arrived home, she found that Nabal was throwing a big party and was celebrating like a king. He was very drunk, so she didn’t tell him anything about her meeting with David until dawn the next day.
• 2 Samuel 13:28Absalom told his men, “Wait until Amnon gets drunk; then at my signal, kill him! Don’t be afraid. I’m the one who has given the command. Take courage and do it!”
• Jeremiah 51:39And while they lie inflamed with all their wine, I will prepare a different kind of feast for them. I will make them drink until they fall asleep, and they will never wake up again,” says the Lord.
• Psalms 68:2Blow them away like smoke. Melt them like wax in a fire. Let the wicked perish in the presence of God.
• Isaiah 9:18This wickedness is like a brushfire. It burns not only briers and thorns but also sets the forests ablaze. Its burning sends up clouds of smoke.
• Isaiah 10:17The Lord, the Light of Israel, will be a fire; the Holy One will be a flame. He will devour the thorns and briers with fire, burning up the enemy in a single night.
• Isaiah 27:4My anger will be gone. If I find briers and thorns growing, I will attack them; I will burn them up—
• Malachi 4:1The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all.

Commentaries on Nahum 1:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10While they be folden together - However united their counsels may be, they shall be as drunken men - perplexed and unsteady in all their resolutions; and before God's judgments they shall be as dry thorns before a devouring fire.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 There is a great deal plotted against the Lord by the gates of hell, and against his kingdom in the world; but it will prove in vain. With some sinners God makes quick despatch; and one way or other, he will make an utter end of all his enemies. Though they are quiet, and many very secure, and not in fear, they shall be cut down as grass and corn, when the destroying angel passes through. God would hereby work great deliverance for his own…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-11This second stanza (see study note on Nahum 1:2–11) focuses on God’s rule, righteousness, and justice in the way he deals with all people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. while they are folden together as thorns--literally, "to the same degree as thorns" (compare 1Ch 4:27, Margin). As thorns, so folded together and entangled that they cannot be loosed asunder without trouble, are thrown by the husbandmen all in a mass into the fire, so the Assyrians shall all be given together to destruction. Compare 2Sa 23:6, 7, where also "thorns" are the image of the wicked. As this image represents the speediness of their…Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 1:10

• Drunkard
• Drunkenness
• Stubble
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Adversary
• Prophecy
• Vengeance
• Wine
• Entangle
• Fold; Folding
• Job, Book of
• Nahum; the Book of
• Thorns, Thistles, Etc.
• Wine; Wine Press

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