Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
New American Standard Bible
The
King James Version
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Holman Bible
The oracle concerning Nineveh.
International Standard Version
A pronouncement about Nineveh: The record of the vision of Nahum from Elkosh.
American Standard Version
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Amplified
The
Bible in Basic English
The word about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Darby Translation
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Julia Smith Translation
The lifting up of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
King James 2000
The burden concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkohshite.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The oracle concerning Nineveh-- the scroll of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
Modern King James verseion
The burden against Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
This is the heavy burden of Nineveh, which Nahum of Elkosh did write, as he saw it.
NET Bible
The oracle against Nineveh; the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
New Heart English Bible
An oracle about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
The Emphasized Bible
The oracle, on Nineveh, - the scroll of the vision of Nahum, the Elkoshite.
Webster
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite,
World English Bible
An oracle about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Youngs Literal Translation
Burden of Nineveh. The Book of the Vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Nahum 1:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Superscription
1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 2 LORD is a jealous God and avenges. LORD avenges and is full of wrath. LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves [wrath] for his enemies.
Cross References
Zephaniah 2:13
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the wilderness.
Isaiah 13:1
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
Jonah 1:2
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.
Genesis 10:11
He went forth out of that land into Assyria, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,
Nahum 2:8
But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water. Yet they flee away. Stand, stand, [they cry], but none looks back.
Zechariah 9:1
The burden of the word of LORD upon the land of Hadrach, and Damascus its resting-place (for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward LORD),
Isaiah 14:28
In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
Isaiah 15:1
The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nothing. For in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to nothing.
Isaiah 21:1
The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
Isaiah 22:1
The burden of the valley of vision. What troubles thee now, that thou have wholly gone up to the housetops?
Isaiah 23:1
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. It is revealed to them from the land of Kittim.
Jeremiah 23:33-37
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of LORD? Then thou shall say to them, What burden! I will cast you off, says LORD.
Jonah 3:3-4
So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, of three days' journey.
Isaiah 19:1
The burden of Egypt. Behold, LORD rides upon a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. And the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.