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The Burden against Nineveh

Nahum 1:11

In 11 translations

BSB
From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.
KJV
There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.a wicked…: Heb. a counsellor of Belial
WEB
One has gone out of you who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels wickedness.
ASV
There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness.
LSV
From you has come forth a deviser of evil || Against YHWH—a worthless counselor.
YLT
From thee hath come forth a deviser of evil Against Jehovah — a worthless counsellor.
DBY
Out of thee is gone forth one that imagineth evil against Jehovah, a wicked counsellor.
DRC
Out of thee shall come forth one that imagineth evil against the Lord, contriving treachery in his mind.
GNV
There commeth one out of thee that imagineth euill against the Lord, euen a wicked counsellour.
JPS
Out of thee came he forth, that deviseth evil against the LORD, that counselleth wickedness.
LXXE
Out of thee shall proceed a device against the Lord, counselling evil things hostile to him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
מִמֵּ֣ךְ יָצָ֔א חֹשֵׁ֥ב עַל־יְהוָ֖ה רָעָ֑ה יֹעֵ֖ץ בְּלִיָּֽעַל׃
LXX-Br
Ἐκ σοῦ ἐξελεύσεται λογισμὸς κατὰ τοῦ Κυρίου, πονηρὰ βουλευόμενος ἐναντία.

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  • Nahum 1:9Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
  • 2 Chronicles 13:7Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.
  • Isaiah 10:7–15But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations. “Are not all my commanders kings?” he says. “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is…
  • 2 Kings 18:30Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
  • 2 Kings 18:13–14In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have…
  • 2 Kings 19:22–25Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel! Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my…
  • 1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
  • 2 Samuel 20:1Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
  • 2 Chronicles 32:15–19So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my…

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