Nahum 1:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

He is pushing against a sea, and drieth it up, Yea, all the floods He hath made dry, Languishing `are' Bashan and Carmel, Yea, the flower of Lebanon `is' languishing.

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  • Isa 33:9 : 9 Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.
  • Ps 106:9 : 9 And rebuketh the sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causeth them to go Through depths as a wilderness.
  • Matt 8:26 : 26 And he saith to them, `Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?' Then having risen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm;
  • Isa 44:27 : 27 Who is saying to the deep, Be dry, and thy rivers I cause to dry up,
  • Isa 50:2-3 : 2 Wherefore have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, Hath My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not in me power to deliver? Lo, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish stinketh, for there is no water, And dieth with thirst. 3 I clothe the heavens `with' blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering.
  • Isa 51:10 : 10 Art not Thou it that is drying up a sea, Waters of a great deep? That hath made deep places of a sea A way for the passing of the redeemed?
  • Ezek 30:12 : 12 And I have made floods a dry place, And I have sold the land into the hand of evil doers, And I have made desolate the land, And its fulness, by the hand of strangers, I, Jehovah, have spoken.
  • Amos 1:2 : 2 and he saith: Jehovah from Zion doth roar, And from Jerusalem giveth forth His voice, And mourned have pastures of the shepherds, And withered hath the top of Carmel!
  • Amos 5:8 : 8 The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day `as' night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah `is' His name;
  • Ps 114:3 : 3 The sea hath seen, and fleeth, The Jordan turneth backward.
  • Ps 114:5 : 5 What -- to thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, thou turnest back!
  • Isa 19:5-9 : 5 And failed have waters from the sea, And a river is wasted and dried up. 6 And they have turned away the flowings, Weak and dried up have been brooks of the bulwark, Reed and flag have withered. 7 Exposed things by the brook, by the edge of the brook, And every sown thing of the brook, hath withered, It hath been driven away, and is not. 8 And lamented have the fishers, And mourned have all casting angle into a brook, And those spreading nets on the face of the waters have languished. 9 And ashamed have been makers of fine flax, And weavers of net-works. 10 And its foundations have been smitten, All making wages `are' afflicted in soul.
  • Josh 3:13-15 : 13 and it hath been, at the resting of the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of Jehovah, Lord of all the earth, in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan are cut off -- the waters which are coming down from above -- and they stand -- one heap.' 14 And it cometh to pass, in the journeying of the people from their tents to pass over the Jordan, and of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people, 15 and at those bearing the ark coming in unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark have been dipped in the extremity of the waters (and the Jordan is full over all its banks all the days of harvest) --
  • Job 38:11 : 11 And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'
  • Ps 74:15 : 15 Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.
  • Ps 104:7 : 7 From Thy rebuke they flee, From the voice of Thy thunder haste away.

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    5Mountains have shaken because of Him, And the hills have been melted; And lifted up `is' the earth at His presence, And the world and all dwelling in it.

    6Before 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.

  • 9Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.

  • Isa 19:5-6
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    5And failed have waters from the sea, And a river is wasted and dried up.

    6And they have turned away the flowings, Weak and dried up have been brooks of the bulwark, Reed and flag have withered.

  • 15I make waste mountains and hills, And all their herbs I dry up, And I have made rivers become isles, And ponds I dry up.

  • 15Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land.

  • Ps 107:33-35
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    33He maketh rivers become a wilderness, And fountains of waters become dry land.

    34A fruitful land becometh a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants.

    35He maketh a wilderness become a pool of water, And a dry land become fountains of waters.

  • 3Jehovah `is' slow to anger, and great in power, And Jehovah doth not entirely acquit, In a hurricane and in a tempest `is' His way, And a cloud `is' the dust of His feet.

  • 11Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.

  • 5And `it is' the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Who is striking against the land, and it melteth, And mourned have all the inhabitants in it, And come up as a flood hath all of it, And it hath sunk -- like the flood of Egypt.

  • 16And seen are the streams of the sea, Revealed are foundations of the world, By the rebuke of Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of His anger.

  • 15And Jehovah hath devoted to destruction The tongue of the sea of Egypt, And hath waved His hand over the river, In the terror of his wind, And hath smitten it at the seven streams, And hath caused `men' to tread `it' with shoes.

  • 15Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.

  • 27Who is saying to the deep, Be dry, and thy rivers I cause to dry up,

  • 4Melted have been the mountains under Him, And the valleys do rend themselves, As wax from the presence of fire, As waters cast down by a slope.

  • 15And seen are the streams of waters, And revealed are foundations of the earth. From Thy rebuke, O Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of Thine anger.

  • 12By His power He hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten the proud.

  • Joel 1:19-20
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    19Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I do call, For fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness, And a flame hath set on fire all trees of the field.

    20Also the cattle of the field long for Thee, For dried up have been streams of water, And fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness!'

  • 3The sea hath seen, and fleeth, The Jordan turneth backward.

  • 4Jehovah, in Thy going forth out of Seir, In Thy stepping out of the field of Edom, Earth trembled, also the heavens dropped, Also thick clouds dropped water.

  • 5What -- to thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, thou turnest back!

  • 3Therefore mourn doth the land, And weak is every dweller in it, With the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens, And the fishes of the sea -- they are removed.

  • 31He causeth to boil as a pot the deep, The sea he maketh as a pot of ointment.

  • 7Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth, Lightnings for the rain He hath made, Bringing forth wind from His treasures.

  • 18Light he `is' on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.

  • 7Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths.

  • 25I -- I have dug and drunk waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark.

  • 4Waters have made it great, The deep hath exalted him with its flowings, Going round about its planting, And its conduits it hath sent forth unto all trees of the field.

  • 24I have digged, and drunk strange waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark.

  • 16At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters `are' in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And He bringeth out wind from His treasures.

  • 10Seen thee -- pained are mountains, An inundation of waters hath passed over, Given forth hath the deep its voice, High its hands it hath lifted up.

  • 16Thus said Jehovah, Who is giving in the sea a way, And in the strong waters a path.

  • 8And with a flood passing over, An end He maketh of its place, And His enemies doth darkness pursue.

  • 18I open on high places rivers, And in midst of valleys fountains, I make a wilderness become a pond of water, And a dry land become springs of water.

  • 2Wherefore have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, Hath My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not in me power to deliver? Lo, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish stinketh, for there is no water, And dieth with thirst.

  • 18He sendeth forth His word and melteth them, He causeth His wind to blow -- the waters flow.

  • 11And He hath passed over through the sea, And hath pressed and smitten billows in the sea, And dried up have been all depths of a flood, And brought down hath been the excellency of Asshur, And the rod of Egypt doth turn aside.

  • 4A stream hath broken out from a sojourner, Those forgotten of the foot, They were low, from man they wandered.

  • 11His hand He hath stretched out over the sea, He hath caused kingdoms to tremble, Jehovah hath charged concerning the merchant one, To destroy her strong places.

  • 15Though he among brethren produceth fruit, Come in doth an east wind, a wind of Jehovah, From a wilderness it is coming up, And it drieth up his fountain, And become dry doth his spring, It -- it spoileth a treasure -- every desirable vessel.

  • 10Art not Thou it that is drying up a sea, Waters of a great deep? That hath made deep places of a sea A way for the passing of the redeemed?

  • 2Lo, a mighty and strong one `is' to the Lord, As a storm of hail -- a destructive shower, As an inundation of mighty waters overflowing, He cast down to the earth with the hand.

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    8Fire and hail, snow and vapour, Whirlwind doing His word;

    9The mountains and all heights, Fruit tree, and all cedars,

  • 9And rebuketh the sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causeth them to go Through depths as a wilderness.

  • 8The voice of Jehovah paineth a wilderness, Jehovah paineth the wilderness of Kadesh.