Nahum 1:7

In 11 translations

BSB

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.

KJV

The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.strong hold: or, strength

WEB

Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

ASV

Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him.

LSV

Good [is] YHWH for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knows those trusting in Him.

YLT

Good [is] Jehovah for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knoweth those trusting in Him.

DBY

Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

DRC

The Lord is good and giveth strength in the day of trouble: and knoweth them that hope in him.

GNV

The Lord is good and as a strong hold in the day of trouble, and he knoweth them that trust in him.

JPS

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that take refuge in Him.

LXXE

The Lord is good to them that wait on him in the day of affliction; and he knows them that reverence him.

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Original-language editions

WLC

ט֣וֹב יְהוָ֔ה לְמָע֖וֹז בְּי֣וֹם צָרָ֑ה וְיֹדֵ֖עַ חֹ֥סֵי בֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Χρηστὸς Κύριος τοῖς ὑπομένουσιν αὐτὸν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεως, καὶ γινώσκων τοὺς εὐλαβουμένους αὐτόν.

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• John 10:27My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
• 2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
• Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
• John 10:14I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
• Psalms 91:1–2He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
• Psalms 100:5For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
• Psalms 27:5For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
• Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
• Galatians 4:9But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
• Psalms 1:6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
• Isaiah 25:4For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
• Psalms 18:1–2I love You, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
• 1 Chronicles 16:34Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
• Jeremiah 17:7–8But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him. He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are…
• Psalms 84:11–12For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity. O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!
• Jeremiah 33:11the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His…

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