View source for Nahum (Translated)

==Chapter 1==

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|1
|The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 
|A prophecy about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Alqoshite.
|Nahum's home town might be the modern Alqosh in northern Iraq. 
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|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. 
|The Lord is a jealous god and he takes revenge; the Lord revenges and is wrathful; the Lord will take revenge on his opponents and stores up anger against his enemies.
|I've left "the Lord" as it is, as in KJV, though I understand the original text has Yahweh.
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|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. 
|The Lord is slow to anger but strong in power; he will not leave the wicked go unpunished in any way; the way of the Lord is in the tornado and the storm and the clouds are the dust stirred up by his feet.
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|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. 
|He rebukes the sea and dries it up, and dries up all the rives: Bashan wilts, as does Carmel, and the flowers of Lebanon wilt.
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|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. 
|The mountains tremble before him, the hills dissolve and the earth, indeed the whole world and all who live on it, burn when he is present. 
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|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. 
|Who can withstand his rage? And who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His fury pours out like fire and the rocks are shattered by him.
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|7
|The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. 
|The Lord is better than a fortress in a time of trouble, and he recognises those who trust in him.
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|8
|But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. 
|But as the flood rushes onwards, he will completely extinguish those who defy him, and darkness shall overcome his enemies. 
|Difference from KJV accords with more recent translations.
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|9
|What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. 
|What do you conspire against the Lord? He will make a final end: his enemies will not rise up a second time.
|As v.8.
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|10
|For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 
|Like a tangle of thornbushes, like dry stubble, they shall be completely burnt up. To Assyria,
|As v.8.
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|11
|There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counseller. 
|A person has come from you who plots wickedness against the Lord, an advisor to the wicked. To Judah,
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|12
|Thus saith the LORD: Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. 
|This is what the Lord says: Although they appear peaceful and there are many of them, yet they shall be cut down and pass away. Although I have made you suffer, I will make you suffer no longer.
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|13
|For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. 
|For I will now break off his yoke from your shoulders and will burst your chains apart. To the king of Nineveh,
|'From your shoulders' added to make sense to modern readers 
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|14
|And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. 
|The Lord has given this commandment relating to you: that you will have no more descendants; I will throw out the carved images and metal images from the temple of your gods; I will dig your grave; for you are cursed.
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|15
|Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. 
|To Judah, see on the mountains the feet of the man who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Judah, celebrate your festivals, perform your vows; for the wicked man shall never pass your way again; he has been completely destroyed.
|This is Ch.2 v.1 in more recent translations.
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