Nahum 1:5

Nahum 1:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
• New International Version (NIV)The mountains quake before him and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, the world and all who live in it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The mountains quake before him; the hills melt; the earth heaves before him, the world and all who dwell in it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The mountains quake before Him, The hills melt, And the earth heaves at His presence, Yes, the world and all who dwell in it.

Context of Nahum 1:5

3Yhwh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: Yhwh hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. 6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. 7Yhwh is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

Nahum 1:5 word by word

הָרִים֙ רָעֲשׁ֣וּ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ וְהַגְּבָע֖וֹת הִתְמֹגָ֑גוּ וַתִּשָּׂ֤א הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ מִפָּנָ֔יו וְתֵבֵ֖ל וְכָל־יֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

• The mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• quakeרָעַשׁrâ‛ash · to shakeH7493
• at him, and the hillsגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
• meltמוּגmûg · to meltH4127
• and the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• is burnedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• at his presenceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• yea, the worldתֵּבֵלtêbêl · worldH8398
• and all that dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Nahum 1:5

• 2 Samuel 22:8Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
• Psalms 29:5The voice of Yhwh breaketh the cedars; yea, Yhwh breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
• Psalms 68:8The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
• Psalms 97:4His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
• Psalms 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
• Isaiah 2:12For the day of Yhwh of Armies shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
• Jeremiah 4:24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
• Habakkuk 3:10The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
• Matthew 27:51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
• Matthew 28:2And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
• Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
• Judges 5:5The mountains melted from before Yhwh, even that Sinai from before Yhwh God of Israel.
• Psalms 46:6The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
• Psalms 97:5The hills melted like wax at the presence of Yhwh, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
• Isaiah 64:1Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
• Micah 1:4And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.

Commentaries on Nahum 1:5

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Poetry in the Old Testament often describes the earth shaking. This language remembers the time of the exodus, when God showed his power as he rescued Israel from Egypt (for example, Psalm 18:7; Habakkuk 3:6; see Exodus 19:18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. earth is burned--so Grotius. Rather, "lifts itself," that is, "heaveth" [Maurer]: as the Hebrew is translated in Psa 89:9; Ho 13:1; compare 2Sa 5:21, Margin.Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 1:5

• Earthquakes
• God
• Mountain
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In the dictionaries

• Adversary
• Earthquake
• Lightning
• Vengeance
• Hill; Mount; Mountain
• Job, Book of
• Nahum; the Book of

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