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The Burden against Nineveh

Nahum 1:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
KJV
What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
WEB
What do you plot against Yahweh? He will make a full end. Affliction won’t rise up the second time.
ASV
What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.
LSV
What do we devise against YHWH? He is making an end, distress does not arise twice.
YLT
What do we devise against Jehovah? An end He is making, arise not twice doth distress.
DBY
What do ye imagine against Jehovah? He will make a full end: trouble shall not rise up the second time.
DRC
What do ye devise against the Lord? he will make an utter end: there shall not rise a double affliction.
GNV
What doe ye imagine against the Lord? he wil make an vtter destruction: affliction shall not rise vp the seconde time.
JPS
What do ye devise against the LORD? He will make a full end; trouble shall not rise up the second time.
LXXE
What do ye devise against the Lord? he will make a complete end: he will not take vengeance by affliction twice at the same time.

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Original-language editions

WLC
מַה־תְּחַשְּׁבוּן֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה כָּלָ֖ה ה֣וּא עֹשֶׂ֑ה לֹֽא־תָק֥וּם פַּעֲמַ֖יִם צָרָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Τί λογίζεσθε ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον; συντέλειαν αὐτὸς ποιήσεται, οὐκ ἐκδικήσει δὶς ἐπιτοαυτὸ ἐν θλίψει.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 21:11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
  • Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
  • Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
  • 2 Corinthians 10:5We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
  • Psalms 2:1–4Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: “Let us break Their chains and cast away…
  • Nahum 1:11From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.
  • Ezekiel 38:10–11This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan. You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a tranquil people…
  • Isaiah 8:9–10Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered! Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal,…
  • Acts 4:25–28You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against…
  • 1 Samuel 26:8Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”
  • 1 Samuel 3:12On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end.
  • 2 Samuel 20:10Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and…

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