Nahum 2:9New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! For there is no limit to the treasure— Wealth from every kind of desirable object.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for [there is] none end of the store [and] glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store, the glory of all pleasant furniture.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for [there is] no end of the store [and] glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Plunder the silver, plunder the gold; for there is no end of the splendid store of all precious vessels.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Plunder silver, plunder gold,—and there is no end to the costly furnishing, rich with every article of delight.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Seize ye silver, seize ye gold, And there is no end to the prepared things, [To] the abundance of all desirable vessels.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Take ye the spoil of the silver, take the spoil of the gold: for there is no end of the riches of all the precious furniture.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Spoyle ye the siluer, spoyle the golde: for there is none ende of the store, and glorie of all the pleasant vessels.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Take ye the spoyle of siluer, take the spoile of golde: for there is none end of the store, [and] glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Plunder the silver, plunder the gold; for there is no end to the precious ornaments, and abundance of every kind of precious vessels.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— They plundered the silver, they plundered the gold, and there was no end of their adorning; they were loaded [with it] upon all their pleasant vessels.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for [there is] none end of the store [and] glory out of all the pleasant furniture. |
Take ye the spoil
962 {0962} Primeבָּזַזbazaz{baw-zaz'}
A primitive root; to plunder.
z8798 <8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 2847
of silver,
3701 {3701} Primeכֶּסֶףkeceph{keh'-sef}
From H3700; silver (from its pale color); by implication money.
take the spoil
962 {0962} Primeבָּזַזbazaz{baw-zaz'}
A primitive root; to plunder.
z8798 <8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 2847
of gold:
2091 {2091} Primeזָהָבzahab{zaw-hawb'}
From an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold; figuratively something gold colored (that is, yellow), as oil, a clear sky.
for [ there is] none
x369 (0369) Complementאַיִן'ayin{ah'-yin}
As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.
end
7097 {7097} Primeקָצֶהqatseh{kaw-tseh'}
The second form is negative only; from H7096; an extremity (used in a great variety of applications and idioms; compare H7093).
of the store
8498 {8498} Primeתְּכוּנָהt@kuwnah{tek-oo-naw'}
Feminine passive participle of H8505; adjustment, that is, structure; by implication equipage.
[ and] glory
3519 {3519} Primeכָּבוֹדkabowd{kaw-bode'}
From H3513; properly weight; but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness.
out of all
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
x3605 (3605) Complementכֹּלkol{kole}
From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).
the pleasant
2532 {2532} Primeחָמוּדchemdah{khem-daw'}
Feminine of H2531; delight.
furniture.
3627 {3627} Primeכְּלִיk@liy{kel-ee'}
From H3615; something prepared, that is, any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon). |
Nahum 2:9
_ _ silver ... gold — The conquerors are summoned to plunder the city. Nineveh’s riches arose from the annual tribute paid by so many subject states, as well as from its extensive merchandise (Nahum 3:16; Ezekiel 27:23, Ezekiel 27:24).
_ _ store — accumulated by the plunder of subject nations. It is remarkable, that while small articles of value (bronze inlaid with gold, gems, seals, and alabaster vases) are found in the ruins of Nineveh, there are is none of gold and silver. These, as here foretold, were “taken for spoil” before the palaces were set on fire.
_ _ glory out of all the pleasant furniture — or, “there is abundance of precious vessels of every kind” [Maurer]. |
Nahum 2:9
Take — Thus the Chaldeans encourage one another in the plundering of the city. |
Nahum 2:9
(h) Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for [there is] none end of the store [and] glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
(h) God commands the enemies to spoil Nineveh, and promises them infinite riches and treasures. |
- ye:
Isaiah 33:1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou [wast] not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; [and] when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
Isaiah 33:4 And your spoil shall be gathered [like] the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
Jeremiah 51:56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, [even] upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
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- for there is none end of the store:
- or, and their infinite store, etc.
Nahum 2:12-13 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. ... Behold, I [am] against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
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- pleasant furniture:
- Heb. vessels of desire,
2 Chronicles 36:10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 25:34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves [in the ashes], ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
Ezekiel 26:12 And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
Daniel 11:8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, [and] with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue [more] years than the king of the north.
*marg.
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