Nahum 1:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.”
Nahum 1:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nahum 1:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nahum 1:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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 1:2 — World English Bible
Nahum 1:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and is full of wrath; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. ”
Nahum 1:2 — American Standard Version
Nahum 1:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“A God zealous and avenging <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, An avenger <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, and possessing fury. An avenger <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah on His adversaries, And He is watching for His enemies.”
Nahum 1:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Nahum 1:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“A jealous and avengingGod is Jehovah: an avenger is Jehovah, and full of fury: Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies. ”
Nahum 1:2 — Darby Translation
Nahum 1:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“God is ielous, and the Lord reuengeth: the Lord reuengeth: euen the Lord of anger, the Lord will take vengeance on his aduersaries, and he reserueth wrath for his enemies.”
Nahum 1:2 — Geneva Bible
Nahum 1:2 in Context — Nahum 1
1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
3 The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
What Does Nahum 1:2 Mean?
Nahum 1:2 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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