Nahum 1:3 “The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no mean…”

Nahum 1:3

The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. The LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

American Standard Version

Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord is slow to anger, but he is great in power, and will not surely cleare the wicked: the Lord hath his way in ye whirlewind, and in the storme, and the cloudes are the dust of his feete.

Darby Translation

Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and doth not at all clear [the guilty]: Jehovah, — his way is in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Young's Literal Translation

Jehovah [is] slow to anger, and great in power, And Jehovah doth not entirely acquit, In a hurricane and in a tempest [is] His way, And a cloud [is] the dust of His feet.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

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Cross references

“slow”

Nehemiah 9:17 Psalm 103:8 Psalm 145:8 James 1:19 Joel 2:13 Jonah 4:2

Nehemiah 9:17 · BSB

They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and co…

Psalm 103:8 · BSB

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

Psalm 145:8 · BSB

The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

James 1:19 · BSB

My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

Joel 2:13 · BSB

So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

Jonah 4:2 · BSB

So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to an…

“great”

Psalm 147:5 Job 9:4 Psalm 62:11 Psalm 66:3 Ephesians 1:19 Ephesians 1:20

Psalm 147:5 · BSB

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.

Job 9:4 · BSB

God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

Psalm 62:11 · BSB

God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,

Psalm 66:3 · BSB

Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.

Ephesians 1:19 · BSB

and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,

Ephesians 1:20 · BSB

which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

“and will”

Job 10:14 Numbers 14:18

Job 10:14 · BSB

If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.

Numbers 14:18 · BSB

‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the…

“his way”

Psalm 104:3 Psalm 97:2–5 1 Kings 19:11–13 Isaiah 66:15 Zechariah 9:14 Deuteronomy 5:22–24

Psalm 104:3 · BSB

laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

Psalm 97:2–5 · BSB

Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.

1 Kings 19:11–13 · BSB

Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was…

Isaiah 66:15 · BSB

For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.

Zechariah 9:14 · BSB

Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.

Deuteronomy 5:22–24 · BSB

The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them t…

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

In context

2The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.

4He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.

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