Nahum 3:2

Nahum 3:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
• New International Version (NIV)The crack of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses and jolting chariots!
• English Standard Version (ESV)The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
• New King James Version (NKJV)The noise of a whip And the noise of rattling wheels, Of galloping horses, Of clattering chariots!

Context of Nahum 3:2

1Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. 3The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of dead bodies; and there is no end of their bodies; they stumble upon their bodies: 4Because of the multitude of the harlotries of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her harlotries, and families through her witchcrafts.

Nahum 3:2 word by word

ק֣וֹל שׁ֔וֹט וְק֖וֹל רַ֣עַשׁ אוֹפָ֑ן וְס֣וּס דֹּהֵ֔ר וּמֶרְכָּבָ֖ה מְרַקֵּדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• noiseקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• whipשׁוֹטshôţ · whipH7752
• noiseקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• rattlingרַ֫עַשׁra‛ash · quakingH7494
• wheelsאוֹפָן'ôphân 'ôphân · wheelH212
• pransingדָּהַרdâhar · to rushH1725
• horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
• jumpingרָקַדrâqad · to skip aboutH7540
• chariotsמֶרְכָּבָהmerkâbâh · chariotH4818

Cross-references for Nahum 3:2

• Nahum 2:3The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
• Judges 5:22Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
• Job 39:22He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; neither turneth he back from the sword.
• Isaiah 9:5For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
• Jeremiah 47:3At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;

Commentaries on Nahum 3:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The noise (literally, “voice”) of the whip - There is cry against cry; the voice of the enemy, brought upon them through the voice of the oppressed. Blood hath a voice which crieth Genesis 4:10 to heaven; its echo or counterpart, as it were, is the cry of the destroyer. All is urged on with terrific speed. The chariot-wheels quiver in the rapid onset; the chariots bound, like living things; the earth echoes with the whirling swiftness of the speed of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3These short, abrupt phrases show how shocking it was to see and hear the battle as it happened. Assyrian chariots and charioteers were feared in many lands because of their speed and power.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. The reader is transported into the midst of the fight (compare Jr 47:3). The "noise of the whips" urging on the horses (in the chariots) is heard, and of "the rattling of the wheels" of war chariots, and the "horses" are seen "prancing," and the "chariots jumping," &c.Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 3:2

• Chariot
• Whip

In the dictionaries

• Depart
• Rattling
• Army
• Assyria
• Nahum; the Book of
• War; Warfare

Commentaries on Nahum 3

• 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