But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
But with an over-running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
WEB
But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.
YLT
And with a flood passing over, An end He maketh of its place, And His enemies doth darkness pursue.
DBT
But with an overrunning flood he will make a full end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNahum — A century after Jonah, Nineveh is still Nineveh — and Nahum's burden is the city's destruction. Three short chapters of breathtaking poetry on the fall of Assyria's capital.
- Author
- Nahum the Elkoshite (1:1)
- Date
- Between 663 BC (the fall of Thebes, 3:8) and 612 BC (Nineveh's actual fall)