Nahum 1:8 “But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and purs…”

Nahum 1:8

But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

World English Bible

But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

American Standard Version

But with an over-running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

Geneva Bible 1599

But passing ouer as with a flood, he will vtterly destroy the place thereof, and darknesse shall pursue his enemies.

Darby Translation

But with an overrunning flood he will make a full end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

Young's Literal Translation

And with a flood passing over, An end He maketh of its place, And His enemies doth darkness pursue.

Bible in Basic English

But like water overflowing he will take them away; he will put an end to those who come up against him, driving his haters into the dark.

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Cross references

“with”

Ezekiel 13:13 Isaiah 28:17 Amos 8:8 Daniel 9:26 Daniel 11:22 Daniel 11:40

Ezekiel 13:13 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.

Isaiah 28:17 · BSB

I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.

Amos 8:8 · BSB

Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.

Daniel 9:26 · BSB

Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end th…

Daniel 11:22 · BSB

Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.

Daniel 11:40 · BSB

At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them lik…

“the place”

Zephaniah 2:13 Nahum 1:1 Nahum 2:8

Zephaniah 2:13 · BSB

And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.

Nahum 1:1 · BSB

This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

Nahum 2:8 · BSB

Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.

“darkness”

Isaiah 8:22 Job 30:15 Proverbs 4:19 Jeremiah 13:16 Matthew 8:12

Isaiah 8:22 · BSB

Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.

Job 30:15 · BSB

Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.

Proverbs 4:19 · BSB

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.

Jeremiah 13:16 · BSB

Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

Matthew 8:12 · BSB

But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

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

In context

7The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.

9Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.

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