Nahum 1:3

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¹ This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

² The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.

The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

⁴ He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.

⁵ The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
KJV: The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
WEB: The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. The LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
ASV: Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear [the guilty]: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
DARBY: Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and doth not at all clear [the guilty]: Jehovah, his way is in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
BLB: YHWH [is] slow to anger and great in power; and YHWH does not entirely acquit. In the whirlwind and in the storm [is] His way, and the clouds [are] the dust of His feet.

ÅB: Herren er langmodig, men han er stor i kraft, og ustraffet lar han aldri den skyldige være. I hvirvelvind og storm har Herren sin vei, og skyer er støvet under hans føtter.
OTB: Herren er sen til vrede og mektig i kraft;
Han vil ikke la de skyldige være ustraffet.
Hans vei er i virvelvinden og stormen,
og skyene er støvet under hans føtter.
B1930: Herren er langmodig, men han er stor i kraft, og ustraffet lar han aldri den skyldige være. I hvirvelvind og storm har Herren sin vei, og skyer er støvet under hans føtter.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 147:5
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
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Exodus 34:6–7
Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
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Nehemiah 9:17
They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
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Psalms 103:8
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
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Psalms 104:3
laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
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Psalms 145:8
The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.
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Psalms 97:2–5
Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
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James 1:19
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
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