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| Nahum 1:1 | The word about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. | | An oracle about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. |
| Nahum 1:2 | The Lord is a God who takes care of his honour and gives punishment for wrong; the Lord gives punishment and is angry; the Lord sends punishment on those who are against him, being angry with his haters. | | Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies. |
| Nahum 1:3 | The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. | | Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. |
| Nahum 1:4 | He says sharp words to the sea and makes it dry, drying up all the rivers: Bashan is feeble, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon is without strength. | | He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes. |
| Nahum 1:5 | The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it. | | The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it. |
| Nahum 1:6 | Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him. | | Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him. |
| Nahum 1:7 | The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover. | | Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him. |
| Nahum 1:8 | But like water overflowing he will take them away; he will put an end to those who come up against him, driving his haters into the dark. | | But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness. |
| Nahum 1:9 | What are you designing against the Lord? he will put an end to it: his haters will not come up again a second time. | | What do you plot against Yahweh? He will make a full end. Affliction won't rise up the second time. |
| Nahum 1:10 | For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry. | | For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble. |
| Nahum 1:11 | One has gone out from you who is designing evil against the Lord, whose purposes are of no value. | | There is one gone forth out of you, who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels wickedness. |
| Nahum 1:12 | This is what the Lord has said: The days of my cause against you are ended; they are cut off and past. Though I have sent trouble on you, you will no longer be troubled. | | Thus says Yahweh: "Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so they will be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more. |
| Nahum 1:13 | And now I will let his yoke be broken off you, and your chains be parted. | | Now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart." |
| Nahum 1:14 | The Lord has given an order about you, that no more of your name are to be planted: from the house of your gods I will have the pictured and metal images cut off; I will make your last resting-place a place of shame; for you are completely evil. | | Yahweh has commanded concerning you, that no more descendants bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, will I cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile. |
| Nahum 1:15 | See on the mountains the feet of him who comes with good news, giving word of peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, give effect to your oaths: for the good-for-nothing man will never again go through you; he is completely cut off. | | Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off. |
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