KJV King James Version
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
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Nahum 1:4
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
WEB World English Bible
He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes.
ASV American Standard Version
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — Nahum 1
1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 God [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.
3 The 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.
4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
6 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.
7 The LORD [is] good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
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גּוֹעֵ֤רH1605 · ga.arto rebukeבַּיָּם֙H3220 · yamseaוַֽיַּבְּשֵׁ֔הוּH3001 · ya.veshto witherוְכָל־H3605 · kolallהַנְּהָר֖וֹתH5104 · na.harRiverהֶֽחֱרִ֑יבH2717 · cha.revto dryאֻמְלַ֤לH535 · a.malto weakenבָּשָׁן֙H1316 · ba.shanBashanוְכַרְמֶ֔לH3760 · kar.melCarmelוּפֶ֥רַחH6525 · pe.rachflowerלְבָנ֖וֹןH3844 · le.va.nonLebanonאֻמְלָֽל׃H535 · a.malto weaken
Cross-references
Isaiah 33:9The earth mourneth [and] languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed [and] hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their fruits].Psalm 106:9He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.Isaiah 19:5-10And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.Joshua 3:13-15And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, [that] the waters of Jordan shall be cut off [from] the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.Isaiah 44:27That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:Isaiah 50:2-3Wherefore, when I came, [was there] no man? when I called, [was there] none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because [there is] no water, and dieth for thirst.Psalm 114:3The sea saw [it], and fled: Jordan was driven back.Psalm 114:5What [ailed] thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, [that] thou wast driven back?Psalm 104:7At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.Isaiah 51:10[Art] thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?Psalm 74:15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.Amos 5:8[Seek him] that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name:Amos 1:2And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.Matthew 8:26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.Ezekiel 30:12And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken [it].Job 38:11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
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