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Nahum 3:2

Judgment

1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:

4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
KJV
The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
WEB
The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots,
ASV
The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots,
DARBY
The crack of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the bounding chariots!
BLB
the voice of the whip, the voice of the rattling of the wheel, with galloping horse and bounding chariot!
ÅB
Smellende svepe og durende hjul og jagende hest og hoppende vogn,
OTB
Lyden av pisken,
Lyden av hjulenes bulder,
Galloperende hester
Og hoppende vogner!
B1930
Smellende svepe og durende hjul og jagende hest og hoppende vogn,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 47:3

    At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;

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  • Nahum 2:3–4

    The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.

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  • Judges 5:22

    Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.

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  • Job 39:22–25

    He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

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  • Isaiah 9:5

    For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

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