Nahum 1:11 “From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a…”

Nahum 1:11

From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

One has gone out of you who devises evil against the LORD, who counsels wickedness.

American Standard Version

There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness.

Geneva Bible 1599

There commeth one out of thee that imagineth euill against the Lord, euen a wicked counsellour.

Darby Translation

Out of thee is gone forth one that imagineth evil against Jehovah, a wicked counsellor.

Young's Literal Translation

From thee hath come forth a deviser of evil Against Jehovah — a worthless counsellor.

Bible in Basic English

One has gone out from you who is designing evil against the Lord, whose purposes are of no value.

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Cross references

“one”

Nahum 1:9 2 Kings 18:30 2 Kings 19:22–25 2 Chronicles 32:15–19 Isaiah 10:7–15 2 Kings 18:13

Nahum 1:9 · BSB

Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.

2 Kings 18:30 · BSB

Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’

2 Kings 19:22–25 · BSB

Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

2 Chronicles 32:15–19 · BSB

So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers.…

Isaiah 10:7–15 · BSB

But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.

2 Kings 18:13 · BSB

In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.

“wicked counsellor”

2 Chronicles 13:7 1 Samuel 2:12 2 Samuel 20:1

2 Chronicles 13:7 · BSB

Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.

1 Samuel 2:12 · BSB

Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD

2 Samuel 20:1 · BSB

Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.

12This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer.

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