Nahum 1:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Nahum 1:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Nahum 1:12 in 6 Bible Translations

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Nahum 1:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Yahweh says: “Though they are in full strength and likewise many, even so they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.”

Nahum 1:12 — World English Bible

Nahum 1:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. ”

Nahum 1:12 — American Standard Version

Nahum 1:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Thus said Jehovah: Though complete, and thus many, Yet thus they have been cut off, And he hath passed away. And I afflicted thee, I afflict thee no more.”

Nahum 1:12 — Young's Literal Translation

Nahum 1:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be complete in number, and many as they be, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away; and though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. ”

Nahum 1:12 — Darby Translation

Nahum 1:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Thus saith the Lord, Though they be quiet, and also many, yet thus shall they be cut off when he shall passe by: though I haue afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.”

Nahum 1:12 — Geneva Bible

Nahum 1:12 in Context — Nahum 1

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.

13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

14 And the Lord hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

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What Does Nahum 1:12 Mean?

Nahum 1:12 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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