Nahum 1:13

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Now I will break his yoke from your necks and snap the chains that bind you.

Berean Standard Bible:

For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”

American Standard Version:

And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

For now will I break{H7665} his yoke{H4132} from off thee, and will burst{H5423} thy bonds{H4147} in sunder{H5423}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Isaiah 10:27

  • And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

Isaiah 9:4

  • For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

Jeremiah 2:20

  • ¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, [and] burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

Psalms 107:14

  • He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

Isaiah 14:25

  • That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

Jeremiah 5:5

  • I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, [and] the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, [and] burst the bonds.

Micah 5:5

  • And this [man] shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

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Commentary for Nahum 1:13

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H7665
    There are 145 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁבַר
    Transliteration: shâbar
    Pronunciation: shaw-bar'
    Description: a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively); break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for שָׂבַר).
  2. Strong's Number: H4132
    There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מוֹט
    Transliteration: môwṭ
    Pronunciation: mote
    Description: from מוֹט; a wavering, i.e. fall; by implication, a pole (as shaking); hence, a yoke (as essentially a bent pole); bar, be moved, staff, yoke.
  3. Strong's Number: H5423
    There are 26 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָתַק
    Transliteration: nâthaq
    Pronunciation: naw-thak'
    Description: a primitive root; to tear off; break (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.
  4. Strong's Number: H4147
    There are 11 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מוֹסֵר
    Transliteration: môwçêr
    Pronunciation: mo-sare'
    Description: also (in plural) feminine מוֹסֵרָה; or מֹסְרָה; from יָסַר; properly, chastisement, i.e. (by implication) a halter; figuratively, restraint; band, bond.