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 King James Version (NKJV)The chariots rage in the streets, They jostle one another in the broad roads; They seem like torches, They run like lightning.

Context of Nahum 2:4

2Even though the destroyer has destroyed Judah, the Lord will restore its honor. Israel’s vine has been stripped of branches, but he will restore its splendor. 3Shields flash red in the sunlight! See the scarlet uniforms of the valiant troops! Watch as their glittering chariots move into position, with a forest of spears waving above them. The chariots race recklessly along the streets and rush wildly through the squares. They flash like firelight and move as swiftly as lightning. 5The king shouts to his officers; they stumble in their haste, rushing to the walls to set up their defenses. 6The river gates have been torn open! The palace is about to collapse!

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 3:2Hear the crack of whips, the rumble of wheels! Horses’ hooves pound, and chariots clatter wildly.
• Isaiah 37:24By your messengers you have defied the Lord. You have said, ‘With my many chariots I have conquered the highest mountains— yes, the remotest peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypress trees. I have reached its farthest heights and explored its deepest forests.
• Isaiah 66:15See, the Lord is coming with fire, and his swift chariots roar like a whirlwind. He will bring punishment with the fury of his anger and the flaming fire of his hot rebuke.
• Jeremiah 4:13Our enemy rushes down on us like storm clouds! His chariots are like whirlwinds. His horses are swifter than eagles. How terrible it will be, for we are doomed!
• Ezekiel 26:10The hooves of his horses will choke the city with dust, and the noise of the charioteers and chariot wheels will shake your walls as they storm through your broken gates.
• Daniel 11:40“Then at the time of the end, the king of the south will attack the king of the north. The king of the north will storm out with chariots, charioteers, and a vast navy. He will invade various lands and sweep through them like a flood.

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