Nahum 1:6
Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are shattered before him.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Who can stand before his indigtion? 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.
KJV1611 – Modern English
Who can stand before his indignation? And who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Who can stand{H5975} before{H6440} his indignation?{H2195} and who can abide{H6965} in the fierceness{H2740} of his anger?{H639} his wrath{H2534} is poured out{H5413} like fire,{H784} and the rocks{H6697} are broken asunder{H5422} by him.
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Who can stand{H5975}{(H8799)} before{H6440} his indignation{H2195}? and who can abide{H6965}{(H8799)} in the fierceness{H2740} of his anger{H639}? his fury{H2534} is poured out{H5413}{(H8738)} like fire{H784}, and the rocks{H6697} are thrown down{H5422}{(H8738)} by him.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who maye endure before his wrath? Or who is able to abyde his grymme displeasure? His anger taketh on like fyre, and the harde rockes burst in sunder before him.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Who can stande before his wrath? Or who can abide in the fiercenesse of his wrath? His wrath is powred out like fire, and the rockes are broken by him.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Who can stande before his wrath? or who can rise vp before the anger of his countenaunce, his fiercenesse is powred out like fire, yea the rockes cleaue in peeces at his might.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Before His indignation who doth stand? And who riseth up in the heat of His anger? His fury hath been poured out like fire, And the rocks have been broken by Him.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.
World English Bible (2000)
Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
No one can withstand his indignation! No one can resist his fierce anger! His wrath is poured out like volcanic fire, boulders are broken up as he approaches.
Referenced Verses
- Mal 3:2 : 2
- Jer 10:10 : 10 But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God, the eternal King. When He is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure His wrath.
- Nah 1:2 : 2 The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and reserves wrath for his enemies.
- Rev 6:17 : 17 For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?
- Rev 16:1 : 1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, 'Go and pour out the bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.'
- Rev 16:8 : 8 The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire.
- Lam 2:4 : 4 He bent his bow like an enemy, his right hand poised like an adversary. He has killed all that was precious to the eye and poured out his fury like fire on the tent of the daughter of Zion.
- Lam 4:11 : 11 The LORD has exhausted His wrath and poured out His fierce anger; He kindled a fire in Zion, consuming its foundations.
- Ezek 30:16 : 16 I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium will writhe in agony, Thebes will be breached, and Memphis will face daily distress.
- Deut 32:22-23 : 22 For a fire has been kindled in My wrath, and it burns to the depths of Sheol. It consumes the earth and its produce and sets ablaze the foundations of the mountains. 23 I will heap calamities on them and expend My arrows against them.
- 1 Kgs 19:11 : 11 The LORD said, 'Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.' Then a great and powerful wind tore through the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind, there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
- Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your way, for His wrath can flare up quickly. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
- Ps 76:7 : 7 At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both chariot and horse fell into a deep sleep.
- Ps 90:11 : 11 Who knows the power of your anger? For your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.
- Isa 10:16 : 16 Therefore, the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, will send leanness among his robust ones, and under his glory, a burning will be kindled, like the burning of fire.
- Isa 27:4 : 4 I am not angry. If only there were briers and thorns confronting me, I would march against them in battle and completely burn them together.
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- Nah 1:2-54 verses87%
2 The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and reserves wrath for his enemies.
3 The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; he will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.
5 The mountains quake before him and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, the world and all who live in it.
- Ps 18:7-82 verses80%
7 In my distress, I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple, He heard my voice, and my cry for help came into His ears.
8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because He was angry.
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8 Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and shook because he was angry.
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3 For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling place; He will descend and tread on the high places of the earth.
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- Job 9:5-62 verses78%
5 He removes mountains without their knowing it, and overturns them in His anger.
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17 For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?
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22 For a fire has been kindled in My wrath, and it burns to the depths of Sheol. It consumes the earth and its produce and sets ablaze the foundations of the mountains.
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30 The LORD will cause his majestic voice to be heard and will display the strength of his arm with furious anger and consuming fire, with a cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
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7 At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both chariot and horse fell into a deep sleep.
- Ps 18:12-132 verses75%
12 He made darkness His covering, His canopy around Him—the dark rain clouds of the skies.
13 Out of the brightness of His presence, His clouds advanced, with hailstones and burning coals of fire.
- Ps 97:3-53 verses75%
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4 His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.
5 The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.
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5 Plague went before Him, and pestilence followed His steps.
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7 The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He knows those who take refuge in him.
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9 Man lays his hand on the hardest rock and overturns mountains from their roots.
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8 fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy winds obeying His word,
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17 He hurls down His hail like crumbs; who can stand before His cold?
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7 The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of fire.
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5 Then He speaks to them in His anger and terrifies them in His wrath:
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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.
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14 My God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.
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3 Our God will come and will not be silent; before Him is a consuming fire, and a mighty storm surrounds Him.
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18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to rescue them on the day of the Lord's wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy, for He will bring a sudden and complete destruction on all the inhabitants of the earth.
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13 God will not turn back His anger; even the helpers of Rahab bowed beneath Him.
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6 On the wicked he will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur; a scorching wind will be their lot.
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10 But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God, the eternal King. When He is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure His wrath.
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18 The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth sound; Your arrows flashed back and forth.
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5 The Lord, the God of Hosts, touches the earth and it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn. The entire land rises like the Nile and then sinks like the Nile of Egypt.