Nahum 1:11

Nahum 1:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor.
• New International Version (NIV)From you, Nineveh, has one come forth who plots evil against the Lord and devises wicked plans.
• English Standard Version (ESV)From you came one who plotted evil against the Lord, a worthless counselor.
• New King James Version (NKJV)From you comes forth one Who plots evil against the Lord, A wicked counselor.

Context of Nahum 1:11

9What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make a full end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. 10For though they be like tangled thorns, told be drenched as it were in their drink, they shall be devoured utterly as dry stubble. There is one gone forth out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, that counselleth wickedness. 12Thus saith the LORD: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. 13And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

Nahum 1:11 word by word

מִמֵּ֣ךְ יָצָ֔א חֹשֵׁ֥ב עַל־יְהוָ֖ה רָעָ֑ה יֹעֵ֖ץ בְּלִיָּֽעַל׃ סRead the interlinear

• goneיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• wickednessרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451

Cross-references for Nahum 1:11

• Nahum 1:9What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make a full end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
• 2 Kings 18:13Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
• 2 Kings 19:22Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 32:15Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither believe ye him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
• Isaiah 10:7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
• 1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
• 2 Samuel 20:1And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 13:7And there were gathered unto him vain men, sons of Belial, which strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them.

Commentaries on Nahum 1:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Imagineth evil against the Lord - Such were Pul, 2 Kings 15:10, Tiglath-pileser, 2 Kings 15:29; Shalmaneser, 2 Kings 17:6; and Sennacherib, 2 Kings 18:17; 2 Kings 19:23. A wicked counsellor - Sennacherib and Rabshakeh.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. 11The counselor of wickedness refers to the Assyrian king. God also addressed the arrogance of an Assyrian king during Hezekiah’s time (around 701 BC; see 2 Kings 19:35–36). Assyria’s counselor of wickedness contrasts with the coming Messiah, the king who is a "Wonderful Counselor" (Isaiah 9:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. The cause of Nineveh's overthrow: Sennacherib's plots against Judah. come out of thee--O Nineveh. From thyself shall arise the source of thy own ruin. Thou shalt have only thyself to blame for it. imagineth evil--Sennacherib carried out the imaginations of his countrymen (Na 1:9) against the Lord and His people (2Ki 19:22, 23). a wicked counsellor--literally, "a counsellor of Belial." Belial means "without profit," worthless, and so bad (1Sa 25:25…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Adversary
• Vengeance
• Imagine
• 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