Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
with an overwhelming flood,
and He will chase His enemies into darkness.
New American Standard Bible
He will make a complete end of
And will pursue His enemies into
King James Version
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
International Standard Version
But with an overwhelming deluge he will bring utter desolation to Nineveh, and his enemies he will pursue with darkness.
A Conservative Version
But with an over running 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.
Amplified
But with an
He will make a complete destruction of
And will pursue His enemies into darkness.
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.
Darby Translation
But with an overrunning flood he will make a full end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
Julia Smith Translation
With an inundation passing through he will make a completion of her place, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
King James 2000
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of its place, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But with a rushing torrent he will bring [Nineveh] to an end; he will chase his enemies into darkness.
Modern King James verseion
But with an overflowing flood He will make an utter end of its place, and darkness shall pursue His enemies.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
when the flood runneth over, and destroyeth the place; and when the darkness followeth still upon his enemies.
NET Bible
But with an overwhelming flood he will make a complete end of Nineveh; he will drive his enemies into darkness.
New Heart English Bible
But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
The Emphasized Bible
But, with an overflow rolling on, a full end, will he make of them who rise up against him, - and, his foes, will he pursue into darkness.
Webster
But with an over-running 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.
Youngs Literal Translation
And with a flood passing over, An end He maketh of its place, And His enemies doth darkness pursue.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Nahum 1:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Destruction Of Nineveh
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a stronghold in a day of distress;
He cares for those who take refuge
with an overwhelming flood,
and He will chase His enemies into darkness.
He will bring it to complete destruction;
oppression will not rise up a second time.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 8:22
They will look toward the earth
Isaiah 28:17
and righteousness the mason’s level.”
Hail will sweep away the false refuge,
and water will flood your hiding place.
Amos 8:8
and all who dwell in it mourn?
All of it will rise like the Nile;
it will surge and then subside
like the Nile in Egypt.
Job 30:15
they chase my dignity away like the wind,
and my prosperity has passed by like a cloud.
Proverbs 4:19
they don’t know what makes them stumble.
Isaiah 8:7-8
the mighty rushing waters of the Euphrates River—
the king of Assyria and all his glory.
It will overflow its channels
and spill over all its banks.
Jeremiah 13:16
before He brings darkness,
before your feet stumble
on the mountains at dusk.
You wait for light,
but He brings darkest gloom
and makes thick darkness.
Ezekiel 13:13
“So this is what the Lord God says: I will release a windstorm in My wrath. Torrential rain will come in My anger, and hailstones will fall in destructive fury.
Daniel 9:26
the Messiah will be cut off
and will have nothing.
The people of the coming prince
will destroy the city
The
and until the end there will be
desolations are decreed.
Daniel 11:10
“His sons will mobilize for war and assemble a large number of armed forces. They will advance, sweeping through like a flood,
Daniel 11:22
A flood of forces will be swept away before him; they will be shattered, as well as the covenant prince.
Daniel 11:40
“At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm against him
Amos 9:5-6
He touches the earth;
it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn;
all of it rises like the Nile
and subsides like the Nile of Egypt.
Nahum 1:1
The oracle concerning Nineveh.
Nahum 2:8
from her first days,
but they are fleeing.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
but no one turns back.
Zephaniah 2:13
and destroy Assyria;
He will make Nineveh a desolate ruin,
dry as the desert.
Matthew 7:27
Matthew 8:12
2 Peter 3:6-7
Through these waters the world of that time perished when it was flooded.