Nahum 1:9

Nahum 1:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
• New International Version (NIV)Whatever they plot against the Lord he will bring to an end; trouble will not come a second time.
• English Standard Version (ESV)What do you plot against the Lord? He will make a complete end; trouble will not rise up a second time.
• New King James Version (NKJV)What do you conspire against the Lord? He will make an utter end of it. Affliction will not rise up a second time.

Context of Nahum 1:9

7Yhwh is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. 8But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. What do ye imagine against Yhwh? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. 10For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 11There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against Yhwh, a wicked counsellor.

Nahum 1:9 word by word

מַה־תְּחַשְּׁבוּן֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה כָּלָ֖ה ה֣וּא עֹשֶׂ֑ה לֹֽא־תָק֥וּם פַּעֲמַ֖יִם צָרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• What do ye imagineחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: deviseH2803
• against Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• he will makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• an utter endכָּלָהkâlâh · consumptionH3617
• afflictionצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869
• shall not rise upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• the second timeפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471

Cross-references for Nahum 1:9

• Nahum 1:11There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against Yhwh, a wicked counsellor.
• Psalms 2:1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
• Psalms 21:11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
• Psalms 33:10Yhwh bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yhwh.
• Isaiah 8:9Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
• Ezekiel 38:10Thus saith the Lord Yhwh; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
• Acts 4:25Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
• 2 Corinthians 10:5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
• 1 Samuel 3:12In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
• 1 Samuel 26:8Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
• 2 Samuel 20:10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

Commentaries on Nahum 1:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Affliction shall not rise up the second time - There shall be no need to repeat the judgment; with one blow God will make a full end of the business.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. 9Whatever you plot against the LORD: No human plan can succeed against God. Human plans are worthless if they do not align with God's plans (Psalm 2; Isaiah 14:26–27; 23:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. What do ye imagine against the Lord?--abrupt address to the Assyrians. How mad is your attempt, O Assyrians, to resist so powerful a God! What can ye do against such an adversary, successful though ye have been against all other adversaries? Ye imagine ye have to do merely with mortals and with a weak people, and that so you will gain an easy victory; but you have to encounter God, the protector of His people. Parallel to Is 37:23-29; compare Psa 1:1…Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 1:9

• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Adversary
• Vengeance
• Forecast
• Imagine
• Job, Book of
• Nahum; the Book of
• Tribulation

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