American Standard Version - King James Version

 1:1 ¶ The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

 1:1 ¶ The burden° of Nineveh.° The book° of the vision° of Nahum° the Elkoshite.°

 1:2 Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and is full of wrath; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies.

 1:2 God° [is] jealous,° and the LORD° revengeth;°° the LORD° revengeth,°° and [is] furious;°° the LORD° will take vengeance°° on his adversaries,° and he° reserveth°° [wrath] for his enemies.°°

 1:3 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.

 1:3 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.°

 1:4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

 1:4 He rebuketh°° the sea,° and maketh it dry,°°° and drieth up°°° all° the rivers:° Bashan° languisheth,°° and Carmel,° and the flower° of Lebanon° languisheth.°°

 1:5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

 1:5 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.

 1:6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.

 1:6 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.

 1:7 Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him.

 1:7 The LORD° [is] good,° a strong hold° in the day° of trouble;° and he knoweth°° them that trust°° in him.

 1:8 But with an over-running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

 1:8 But with an overrunning°° flood° he will make°° an utter end° of the place° thereof, and darkness° shall pursue°° his enemies.°°

 1:9 What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.

 1:9 What° do ye imagine°° against° the LORD?° he° will make°° an utter end:° affliction° shall not° rise up°° the second time.°

 1:10 For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.

 1:10 For° while° [they be] folden together°° [as] thorns,° and while they are drunken°°° [as] drunkards,°° they shall be devoured°° as stubble° fully°° dry.°

 1:11 There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness.

 1:11 There is [one] come out°° of° thee, that imagineth°° evil° against° the LORD,° a wicked° counsellor.°°

 1:12 Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

 1:12 Thus° saith°° the LORD;° Though° [they be] quiet,° and likewise° many,° yet thus° shall they be cut down,°° when he shall pass through.°° Though I have afflicted°° thee, I will afflict°° thee no° more.°

 1:13 And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

 1:13 For now° will I break°° his yoke° from off°° thee, and will burst°° thy bonds° in sunder.°°°

 1:14 And Jehovah hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

 1:14 And the LORD° hath given a commandment°° concerning° thee, [that] no° more° of thy name°° be sown:°° out of the house°° of thy gods° will I cut off°° the graven image° and the molten image:° I will make°° thy grave;° for° thou art vile.°°

 1:15 Behold, upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! Keep thy feasts, O Judah, perform thy vows; for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

 1:15 Behold° upon° the mountains° the feet° of him that bringeth good tidings,°° that publisheth°° peace!° O Judah,° keep°° thy solemn feasts,° perform°° thy vows:° for° the wicked° shall no° more°°° pass through°° thee; he is utterly° cut off.°°