Nahum 2:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.”
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“The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances <FI>are<Fi> like torches, As lightnings they run.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nahum 2:4 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 31:21When it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.
- Isaiah 37:24Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
- Isaiah 66:15For 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.
- Jeremiah 4:13Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
- Ezekiel 26:10His multitude of horses will cover you in their dust. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.
- Daniel 11:40At 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 like a flood.
- Nahum 3:2The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
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