Nahum 1:8

Nahum 1:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
• New International Version (NIV)but with an overwhelming flood he will make an end of Nineveh; he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But with an overflowing flood he will make a complete end of the adversaries, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But with an overflowing flood He will make an utter end of its place, And darkness will pursue His enemies.

Context of Nahum 1:8

6Who can stand before his fierce anger? Who can survive his burning fury? His rage blazes forth like fire, and the mountains crumble to dust in his presence. 7The Lord is good, a strong refuge when trouble comes. He is close to those who trust in him. But 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! 10His enemies, tangled like thornbushes and staggering like drunks, will be burned up like dry stubble in a field.

Nahum 1:8 word by word

וּבְשֶׁ֣טֶף עֹבֵ֔ר כָּלָ֖ה יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה מְקוֹמָ֑הּ וְאֹיְבָ֖יו יְרַדֶּף־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But with an overrunningעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• floodשֶׁ֫טֶףsheţeph shêţeph · floodH7858
• he will makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• an utter endכָּלָהkâlâh · consumptionH3617
• of the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• thereof, and darknessחֹ֫שֶׁךְchôshek · darknessH2822
• shall pursueרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• his enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341

Cross-references for Nahum 1:8

• Isaiah 8:7Therefore, the Lord will overwhelm them with a mighty flood from the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria and all his glory. This flood will overflow all its channels
• Isaiah 28:17I will test you with the measuring line of justice and the plumb line of righteousness. Since your refuge is made of lies, a hailstorm will knock it down. Since it is made of deception, a flood will sweep it away.
• Ezekiel 13:13“Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will sweep away your whitewashed wall with a storm of indignation, with a great flood of anger, and with hailstones of fury.
• Daniel 9:26“After this period of sixty-two sets of seven, the Anointed One will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and a ruler will arise whose armies will destroy the city and the Temple. The end will come with a flood, and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end.
• Daniel 11:10However, the sons of the king of the north will assemble a mighty army that will advance like a flood and carry the battle as far as the enemy’s fortress.
• Amos 8:8The earth will tremble for your deeds, and everyone will mourn. The ground will rise like the Nile River at floodtime; it will heave up, then sink again.
• Amos 9:5The Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, touches the land and it melts, and all its people mourn. The ground rises like the Nile River at floodtime, and then it sinks again.
• Matthew 7:27When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”
• 2 Peter 3:6Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood.
• Nahum 1:1This message concerning Nineveh came as a vision to Nahum, who lived in Elkosh.
• Nahum 2:8Nineveh is like a leaking water reservoir! The people are slipping away. “Stop, stop!” someone shouts, but no one even looks back.
• Zephaniah 2:13And the Lord will strike the lands of the north with his fist, destroying the land of Assyria. He will make its great capital, Nineveh, a desolate wasteland, parched like a desert.
• Job 30:15I live in terror now. My honor has blown away in the wind, and my prosperity has vanished like a cloud.
• Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like total darkness. They have no idea what they are stumbling over.
• Isaiah 8:22and down at the earth, but wherever they look, there will be trouble and anguish and dark despair. They will be thrown out into the darkness.
• Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God before it is too late. Acknowledge him before he brings darkness upon you, causing you to stumble and fall on the darkening mountains. For then, when you look for light, you will find only terrible darkness and gloom.

Commentaries on Nahum 1:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8But with an overrunning flood - Bishop Newcome thinks this may refer to the manner in which Nineveh was taken. The Euphrates overflowed its banks, deluged a part of the city, and overturned twenty stadia of the wall; in consequence of which the desponding king burnt himself, and his palace, with his treasures. - Diodor. Sic., Edit. Wessel., p. 140, lib. ii., s. 27. Darkness shall pursue - Calamity. All kinds of calamity shall pursue them till they are…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8overwhelming flood: This is a metaphor for the strong nature of God's judgment (see Nahum 2:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. with an overrunning flood--that is, with irresistible might which overruns every barrier like a flood. This image is often applied to overwhelming armies of invaders. Also of calamity in general (Psa 32:6; 42:7; 90:5). There is, perhaps, a special allusion to the mode of Nineveh's capture by the Medo-Babylonian army; namely, through a flood in the river which broke down the wall twenty furlongs (see on Na 2:6; Is 8:8; Da 9:26; 11:10, 22, 40). end of…Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 1:8

• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Adversary
• Media
• Vengeance
• Job, Book of
• Nahum; the Book of
• Nineveh

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