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

3Adonai is slow to anger and great in power, but He will by no means acquit the guilty. Adonai’s way is with a whirlwind or with a storm wind, Clouds are the dust of His feet. 4Rebuking the sea, He made it dry, as He has dried up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel languished, Yes, Lebanon’s budding languished. Mountains quaked because of Him, and the hills have melted. The earth has heaved up at His presence—yes, the world and everything dwelling in it. 6Before His indignation who can stand? Who can withstand His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and cliffs break down before Him. 7Adonai is good as a refuge in the day of distress, and He knows those who take refuge in Him.

Nahum 1:5 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• 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 rocked and quaked, the foundation of heaven trembled. They reeled because He was angry.
• Psalms 29:5The voice of Adonai breaks the cedars. Yes, Adonai shatters cedars of Lebanon.
• Psalms 68:8O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the desert—Selah—
• Psalms 97:4His lightning lights up the world— the earth sees and trembles.
• Psalms 114:4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
• Isaiah 2:12For the day of Adonai-Tzva’ot will be against anyone proud and haughty, against anyone lifted up—he will be humbled,
• Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains— behold, they were shaking and all the hills swaying to and fro.
• Habakkuk 3:10The mountains saw You and writhe. A downpour of water overflows. The deep gives its voice— it lifts up hands high.
• Matthew 27:51And behold, the curtain of the Temple was split in two, from top to bottom. And the earth quaked and rocks were split apart.
• Matthew 28:2And suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of Adonai descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.
• Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne, and the One seated on it. The earth and heaven fled from His presence, but no place was found for them.
• Judges 5:5The mountains quaked before Adonai, this Sinai at the presence of Adonai, the God of Israel!
• Psalms 46:6God is in the midst of her, she will not be shaken. God will help her when morning dawns.
• Psalms 97:5The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Adonai, at the presence of the Lord of all earth.
• Isaiah 64:1As fire kindles brushwood, as fire causes water to boil, make Your Name known to Your foes, so the nations may tremble before You!
• Micah 1:4The mountains will melt away under Him and the valleys will split apart like wax before the fire, like water being poured down a slope.

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
• Volcanoes

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