Parallel Verses
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.
Holman Bible
with an overwhelming flood,
and He will chase His enemies into darkness.
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
7
Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble! He knows (protects) (takes care of) those who take refuge in him.
8
He will make a complete end of
And will pursue His enemies into
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 8:22
They will look toward the nations of the earth and see only distress and gloom. They will go in anguish and be banished into darkness.
Isaiah 28:17
I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plummet. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.
Amos 8:8
Will the land not tremble for this, and every one who dwells there mourn? I will rise up like the river. It will be troubled and sink again, like the River of Egypt.
Job 30:15
Terrorists turn on me; my honor is pursued as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is like darkness. They do not know what makes them stumble.
Isaiah 8:7-8
That is why Jehovah is going to bring against them the raging and powerful floodwaters of the Euphrates River, that is, the king of Assyria with all his power. It will overflow all its channels and go over all its banks.
Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to Jehovah your God before he brings darkness and before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You hope for light. He makes it into deep darkness and turns it into gloom.
Ezekiel 13:13
This is what the Lord Jehovah says: 'In my fury I will cause a storm to break out. In my anger rain will pour down, and hailstones will destroy the wall.
Daniel 9:26
And after the sixty-two weeks the anointed one will be cut off (destroyed) (killed) and shall have nothing. The people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be by the flood of war and desolations.
Daniel 11:10
And his sons will be warlike and will assemble a multitude of great forces, which will come on, and overflow, and pass through; and they will return and fight, even to his fortress.
Daniel 11:22
The overwhelming forces will be overwhelmed from before him, and will be broken after the prince of the covenant is destroyed.
Daniel 11:40
The king of the south will contend with him at the time of the end. The king of the north will come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with a large fleet of ships. He will enter into the countries and overflow and pass through them.
Amos 9:5-6
For the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, is he who touches the land and it melts. All who live there will mourn. It will rise up like the River Nile, and will subside again, like the River of Egypt.
Nahum 1:1
The oracle of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
Nahum 2:8
Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looks back.
Zephaniah 2:13
He will stretch out his hand (exercise his power) against the north, and destroy Assyria. He will make Nineveh a desolation. It will be barren like the desert wilderness.
Matthew 7:27
The rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and battered the house and it fell with a great crash.
Matthew 8:12
but the sons of the kingdom will be cast forth into the outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
2 Peter 3:6-7
by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.