KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Nahum 1:6 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Who” | מִ֣י | Who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix | Who |
| “can stand” | יַֽעֲמ֔וֹד | To stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive) | can stand |
| “before” | לִפְנֵ֤י | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | before |
| “his indignation?” | זַעְמוֹ֙ | Strictly froth at the mouth, i.e., (figuratively) fury (especially of God's displeasure with sin) | indignation |
| “and who” | וּמִ֥י | Who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix | and who |
| “can abide” | יָק֖וּם | To rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) | can abide |
| “in the fierceness” | בַּחֲר֣וֹן | A burning of anger | fierceness |
| “of his anger?” | אַפּ֑וֹ | Properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire | anger |
| “his fury” | חֲמָתוֹ֙ | Heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever) | fury |
| “is poured out” | נִתְּכָ֣ה | To flow forth (literally or figuratively); by implication, to liquify | poured out |
| “like fire,” | כָאֵ֔שׁ | Fire (literally or figuratively) | like fire |
| “and the rocks” | וְהַצֻּרִ֖ים | Properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous) | rocks |
| “are thrown down” | נִתְּצ֥וּ | To tear down | are thrown down |
| “by” | מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | by |
| “him.” | מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | him |
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4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
7 The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
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