Nahum 1:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Nahum 1:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Nahum 1:9 in 6 Bible Translations

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Nahum 1:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“What do you plot against Yahweh? He will make a full end. Affliction won’t rise up the second time.”

Nahum 1:9 — World English Bible

Nahum 1:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.”

Nahum 1:9 — American Standard Version

Nahum 1:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“What do we devise against Jehovah? An end He is making, arise not twice doth distress.”

Nahum 1:9 — Young's Literal Translation

Nahum 1:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“What do ye imagine against Jehovah? He will make a full end: trouble shall not rise up the second time.”

Nahum 1:9 — Darby Translation

Nahum 1:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“What doe ye imagine against the Lord? he wil make an vtter destruction: affliction shall not rise vp the seconde time.”

Nahum 1:9 — Geneva Bible

Nahum 1:9 in Context — Nahum 1

7 The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

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.

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What Does Nahum 1:9 Mean?

Nahum 1:9 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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