Nahum 1:10
For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
For while they be folden together as thornes, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be deuoured as stubble fully drie.
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From verse 10
4The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
4The best of them is as a brier: the most vpright is sharper then a thorne hedge: the day of thy watchmen, and thy visitation commeth; now shall be their perplexitie.
- Isaiah 5:24Rank 2 from verse 10
24Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
24†Therfore as the fire deuoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaffe, so their root shall be rottennes, and their blossome shall goe vp as dust: because they haue cast away the Lawe of the LORD of hosts, and despised the worde of the Holy One of Israel.
- Malachi 4:1Rank 3 from verse 10
1FOR, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
1¶ For beholde, the day commeth, that shall burne as an ouen, and all the proud, yea and all that doe wickedly shalbe stubble: and the day that commeth, shal burne them vp, saith the LORD of hostes, that it shall leaue them neither roote nor branch.
- Nahum 3:11Rank 4 from verse 10
- 2 Samuel 23:6–7Rank 5 from verse 10
6¶ But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
7But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
6¶ But the sonnes of Belial shall bee all of them as thornes thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands,
7But the man that shal touch them, must be †fenced with yron, and the staffe of a speare, and they shall bee vtterly burnt with fire in the same place.
- Isaiah 9:18Rank 6 from verse 10
18¶ For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
18¶ For wickednes burneth as the fire: it shall deuoure the briers and thornes, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forrest, and they shall mount vp like the lifting vp of smoke.
- Jeremiah 51:57Rank 7 from verse 10
57And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
57And I will make drunke her princes and her wise men, her captaines and her rulers, and her mightie men: and they shall sleepe a perpetuall sleepe, and not wake, saith the king, whose Name is the LORD of hosts.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3Rank 8 from verse 10
2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
2For your selues knowe perfectly that the day of the Lord so commeth as a thiefe in the night.
3For when they shal say, Peace and safety: then sudden destructiō commeth vpon them, as trauaile vpon a woman with childe, and they shall not escape.
- Isaiah 10:17–19Rank 9 from verse 10
17And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
18And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.
19And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
17And the light of Israel shall bee for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burne and deuoure his thornes and his briers in one day:
18†And shall consume the glory of his forrest, and of his fruitfull field both soule and body: and they shall bee as when a standerd bearer fainteth.
19†And the rest of the trees of his forrest shall be few, that a child may write them.
- Isaiah 27:4Rank 10 from verse 10
- Jeremiah 51:39Rank 11 from verse 10
39In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord.
39In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may reioyce, and sleepe a perpetuall sleepe, and not wake, saith the LORD.
- Psalms 68:2Rank 12 from verse 10
- 1 Samuel 25:36Rank 13 from verse 10
36¶ And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
36¶ And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king; & Nabals heart was merry within him, for hee was very drunken: wherefore shee tolde him nothing, lesse or more, vntill the morning light.
- 2 Samuel 13:28Rank 14 from verse 10
28¶ Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
28¶ Now Absalom had commanded his seruants, saying, Marke yee now when Amnons heart is merrie with wine, and when I say vnto you, Smite Amnon, then kill him, feare not: ‖haue not I commanded you? be couragious, and be †valiant.
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Nahum 1:10
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Intertwined or entangled together.
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In one place, company, time, purpose, or united condition.
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Sense 1: Sharp spines or prickles. Sense 2: Thorn-bearing plants and figures of things that prick, obstruct, or grieve.
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Intoxicated with strong drink; overcome or affected as by intoxication.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Persons habitually given to drunkenness or excessive strong drink.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of devour, meaning to eat greedily; to consume, destroy, or waste rapidly and completely.
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The dry stalks left after grain is cut or threshed, easily driven or burned.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Completely, entirely, or to the full extent.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Without moisture. Sense 2: To become or make free from moisture.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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9What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
9What doe ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an vtter ende: affliction shall not rise vp the second time.
10For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
10For while they be folden together as thornes, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be deuoured as stubble fully drie.
Selected passage11There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counseller.
11There is one come out of thee, that imagineth euill against the LORD: †a wicked counseller.