Nahum 1:8

Nahum 1:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
• New International Version (NIV)but with an overwhelming flood he will make an end of Nineveh; he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But with an overflowing flood he will make a complete end of the adversaries, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But with an overflowing flood He will make an utter end of its place, And darkness will pursue His enemies.

Context of Nahum 1:8

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. But with an overwhelming flood, He will make that place a total ruin. Darkness will pursue His enemies. 9What can you scheme against Adonai? He will make a complete destruction. Distress will not arise twice. 10For even like tangled thorns they will be consumed, or like drunkards who are drunk, or like stubble that is fully dry.

Nahum 1:8 word by word

וּבְשֶׁ֣טֶף עֹבֵ֔ר כָּלָ֖ה יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה מְקוֹמָ֑הּ וְאֹיְבָ֖יו יְרַדֶּף־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But with an overrunningעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• floodשֶׁ֫טֶףsheţeph shêţeph · floodH7858
• he will makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• an utter endכָּלָהkâlâh · consumptionH3617
• of the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• thereof, and darknessחֹ֫שֶׁךְchôshek · darknessH2822
• shall pursueרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• his enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341

Cross-references for Nahum 1:8

• Isaiah 8:7therefore behold, Adonai is bringing on them the waters of the River— mighty and massive— Assyria’s king with all his glory! It will rise over all its channels and spill over all its banks.
• Isaiah 28:17But I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line. Hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and water will overflow the hiding place.
• Ezekiel 13:13Therefore thus says Adonai Elohim: “I will cause a storm wind to burst out in My fury. There will be a down-pouring rain in My anger and great hailstones in destructive wrath.
• Daniel 9:26Then after the 62 weeks Mashiach will be cut off and have nothing. Then the people of a prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. But his end will come like a flood. Until the end of the war that is decreed there will be destruction.
• Daniel 11:10His sons will prepare for war and assemble a great army, which will advance and overflow and sweep through like a flood and carry the battle as far as his fortress.
• Amos 8:8Will not the land tremble over this? Will not all who dwell in it mourn? Yes, it will rise up like all the Nile —it will surge and sink again like the Nile of Egypt.”
• Amos 9:5My Lord is Adonai-Tzva’ot. It is He who touches the land so it melts, and all its inhabitants will mourn. Then it will surge like all the Nile, and sink again like the Nile of Egypt.
• Matthew 7:27And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”
• 2 Peter 3:6Through these, the world of that time was destroyed by being flooded with water.
• Nahum 1:1The oracle concerning Nineveh—the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
• Nahum 2:8What was erected will be exiled and carried away. Her handmaids are lamenting like the sound of doves, beating their breasts.
• Zephaniah 2:13He will stretch out his hand against the north and devastate Assyria and make Nineveh as a wasteland— dry as a desert.
• Job 30:15Terrors are turned on me; they chase away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance vanishes.
• Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness. They do not know what makes them stumble.
• Isaiah 8:22or look to the earth, behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and they will be driven into darkness.
• Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to Adonai your God, before it grows dark, and before your feet stumble on mountains at dusk. When you look for light, He turns it into the shadow of death, and turns it into deep darkness.

Commentaries on Nahum 1:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8But with an overrunning flood - Bishop Newcome thinks this may refer to the manner in which Nineveh was taken. The Euphrates overflowed its banks, deluged a part of the city, and overturned twenty stadia of the wall; in consequence of which the desponding king burnt himself, and his palace, with his treasures. - Diodor. Sic., Edit. Wessel., p. 140, lib. ii., s. 27. Darkness shall pursue - Calamity. All kinds of calamity shall pursue them till they are…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8overwhelming flood: This is a metaphor for the strong nature of God's judgment (see Nahum 2:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. with an overrunning flood--that is, with irresistible might which overruns every barrier like a flood. This image is often applied to overwhelming armies of invaders. Also of calamity in general (Psa 32:6; 42:7; 90:5). There is, perhaps, a special allusion to the mode of Nineveh's capture by the Medo-Babylonian army; namely, through a flood in the river which broke down the wall twenty furlongs (see on Na 2:6; Is 8:8; Da 9:26; 11:10, 22, 40). end of…Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 1:8

• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Adversary
• Media
• Vengeance
• Job, Book of
• Nahum; the Book of
• Nineveh

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