Nahum 1:10 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.”

Nahum 1:10 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Nahum 1:10 in 6 Bible Translations

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Nahum 1:10 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble.”

Nahum 1:10 — World English Bible

Nahum 1:10 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble. ”

Nahum 1:10 — American Standard Version

Nahum 1:10 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“For while princes <FI>are<Fi> perplexed, And with their drink are drunken, They have been consumed as stubble fully dried.”

Nahum 1:10 — Young's Literal Translation

Nahum 1:10 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Though they be tangled together [as] thorns, and be as drenched from their drink, they shall be devoured as dry stubble, completely. ”

Nahum 1:10 — Darby Translation

Nahum 1:10 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“For he shall come as vnto thornes folden one in another, and as vnto drunkards in their drunkennesse: they shall be deuoured as stubble fully dryed.”

Nahum 1:10 — Geneva Bible

Nahum 1:10 in Context — Nahum 1

8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

9 What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor.

12 Thus saith the Lord; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

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What Does Nahum 1:10 Mean?

Nahum 1:10 is a verse from the Book of Nahum, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Nahum chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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