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Nahum Chapter 1 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Nahum 1:8

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

But like water overflowing he will take them away; he will put an end to those who come up against him, driving his haters into the dark.
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DARBY Nahum 1:8

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

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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WBT Nahum 1:8

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WEB Nahum 1:8

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

And with a flood passing over, An end He maketh of its place, And His enemies doth darkness pursue.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - With an overrunning flood. This may be merely a metaphor to express the utter devastation which should overwhelm Nineveh, as the invasion of a hostile army is often thus depicted (comp. Isaiah 8:7; Daniel 11:26, 40); or it may be an allusion to the inundation which aided the capture of the city (see note on Nahum 2:6). Of the place thereof; i.e. of Nineveh, not named, but present to the prophet's mind, and understood from the heading (ver. 1). (For the utter destruction of Nineveh, comp. Zephaniah 2:13, etc.) The LXX. has, τοὺς ἐπένειρομένους ("those that rise up"). The Chaldee has a similar reading, with the meaning that God would exterminate those who rise up against him. Darkness shall pursue his enemies. So the Septuagint and Vulgate. But it is better rendered, He shall pursue his enemies into darkness, so that they disappear from the earth. If this is the meaning of the clause, it resembles the termination of many Assyrian inscriptions which record the defeat of a hostile chieftain: "and no one has seen any trace of him since."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) But.--Better, and. Jehovah protects His afflicted servants, and therefore He exterminates their oppressor.Overrunning flood.--On the propriety of this figure see Nahum 2:6, Note.The place thereof--i.e., that of Nineveh. The verse ends, "and he shall drive his enemies into darkness."