Nahum 1

Nahum · Chapter 1

Nahum 1:7

1The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.2God 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.3The 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.4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.6Who 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.7The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.8But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.9What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.10For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.11There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.12Thus 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.13For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.14And 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.15Behold 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.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
7The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
[is] goodט֣וֹבTovH2896A
fine

טָב (tav) good Aramaic of tov (טוֹב "pleasant" H2896A)

Yahwehיְהוָ֔הYAH-wehH3068G
Lord

אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) Lord - a title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

into a refugeלְמָע֖וֹזle-ma-'ozH4581
security

מָעוֹז (ma.oz) 1) place or means of safety, protection, refuge, stronghold 1a) place of safety, fastness, harbour, stronghold 1b) refuge (of God) (fig.) 1c) human protection (fig.)

in a day ofבְּי֣וֹםbe-YOMH3117G
day

יוֹם (yom) : day/when/time/period 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

troubleצָרָ֑הtza-RAHH6869B
distress

צָרָה (tsa.rah) straits, distress, trouble

and [he is] knowingוְיֹדֵ֖עַve-yo-DE-a'H3045
to know

יָדַע (ya.da) 1) to know 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to know 1a1a) to know, learn to know 1a1b) to perceive 1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern 1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish 1a1e) to know by experience 1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess 1a1g) to consider 1a2) to know, be acquainted with 1a3) to know (a person carnally) 1a4) to know how, be skilful in 1a5) to have knowledge, be wise 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed 1b2) to make oneself known 1b3) to be perceived 1b4) to be instructed 1c) (Piel) to cause to know 1d) (Poal) to cause to know 1e) (Pual) …

[those who] take refugeחֹ֥סֵיCHO-seiH2620
to seek refuge

חָסָה (cha.sah) 1) (Qal) to seek refuge, flee for protection 1a) to put trust in (God), confide or hope in (God) (fig.)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.