Nahum 1:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Nahum 1:9 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.”
King James Version · Public Domain“What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“What do we devise against Jehovah? An end He is making, arise not twice doth distress.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nahum 1:9 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 3:12On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end.
- 1 Samuel 26:8Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”
- 2 Samuel 20:10Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Psalms 21:11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
- Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
- Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
- Isaiah 8:9Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
- Ezekiel 38:10This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
- Nahum 1:11From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.
- Acts 4:25You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- 2 Corinthians 10:5We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
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