Nahum 2:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The shields of his warriors are stained red; his mighty men are dressed in scarlet. The chariots flash with fire as they are made ready, and the spears of cypress are brandished.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightning.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    The chariots{H7393} rage{H1984} in the streets;{H2351} they rush{H8264} to and fro in the broad ways:{H7339} the appearance{H4758} of them is like torches;{H3940} they run{H7323} like the lightnings.{H1300}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    The chariots{H7393} shall rage{H1984}{(H8704)} in the streets{H2351}, they shall justle one against another{H8264}{(H8698)} in the broad ways{H7339}: they shall seem{H4758} like torches{H3940}, they shall run{H7323}{(H8787)} like the lightnings{H1300}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The charettes rolle vpon the stretes, & welter in the hye wayes. They are to loke vpon like cressettes of fyre, and go swyftly, as the lightenynge.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The charets shall rage in the streetes: they shall runne to and fro in the hie wayes: they shall seeme like lampes: they shall shoote like the lightning.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The charrets shal rage in the streetes, they shall make a terrible noyse in the broade wayes, to loke to like flaming cressets, shooting as lightning.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the broad ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances `are' like torches, As lightnings they run.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The body-covers of his fighting men have been made red, the men of war are clothed in bright red: the war-carriages are like flames of fire in the day when he gets ready, the horses are shaking.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the broad ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The chariots race madly through the streets, they rush back and forth in the broad plazas; they look like lightning bolts, they dash here and there like flashes of lightning.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 4:13 : 13 Behold, he comes up like clouds, his chariots are like a whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
  • Ezek 26:10 : 10 'The dust from his many horses will cover you. The noise of the horsemen, the wheels, and the chariots will make your walls shake when he enters your gates like warriors entering a breached city.'
  • Isa 66:15 : 15 For behold, the Lord will come with fire, and His chariots will be like a whirlwind, to bring down His wrath in fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
  • Nah 3:2-3 : 2 The sound of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses, and jolting chariots. 3 Charging horsemen, flashing swords, glittering spears—a vast number of slain, a heap of corpses with no end. People stumble over the dead bodies.
  • Isa 37:24 : 24 Through your servants you have mocked the Lord. You have said, "With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost parts of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars and its choicest cypress trees. I have reached its remotest heights, the densest of its forests.
  • Dan 11:40 : 40 At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships. He will invade countries, sweeping through them like a flood.

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