Nahum 3:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!”
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“The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The sound of a whip, And the sound of the rattling of a wheel, And of a prancing horse, and of a bounding chariot, Of a horseman mounting.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nahum 3:2 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 5:22Then the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions.
- Job 39:22He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.
- Isaiah 9:5For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
- Jeremiah 47:3at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.
- Joel 2:4Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift steeds.
- Joel 2:5With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.
- Nahum 2:3The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.
- Nahum 2:4The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.
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