Nahum 1 · Verse 13

Nahum 1:13

For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
Nahum 1:13, King James Version

Nahum 1:13 in other translations

BSBFor I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”
WEBNow I will break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart.”
ASVAnd now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
YLTAnd now I break his rod from off thee, And thy bands I do draw away.
DARBYAnd now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds asunder.
BBEAnd now I will let his yoke be broken off you, and your chains be parted.
WebsterFor now I will break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds asunder.

What does Nahum 1:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nahum 1:12-14

12-14. The same truths repeated as in Na 1:9-11, Jehovah here being the speaker. He addresses Judah, prophesying good to it, and evil to the Assyrian. Though they be quiet--that is, without fear, and tranquilly secure. So Chaldee and Calvin. Or, "entire," "complete"; "Though their power be unbroken [Maurer], and though they be so many, yet even so they shall be cut down" (literally, "shorn"; as hair shaved off…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Now will I break his yoke from off thee - This refers to the tribute which the Jews were obliged to pay to the Assyrians, 2Kgs 17:14.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nahum 1:9-15

There is a great deal plotted against the Lord by the gates of hell, and against his kingdom in the world; but it will prove in vain. With some sinners God makes quick despatch; and one way or other, he will make an utter end of all his enemies. Though they are quiet, and many very secure, and not in fear, they shall be cut down as grass and corn, when the destroying angel passes through. God would hereby work great…

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Nahum 1:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעַתָּ֕הve.'a.Tahand nowH6258
אֶשְׁבֹּ֥ר'esh.BorI will breakH7665
מֹטֵ֖הוּmo.Te.huyoke-bar hisH4132
מֵֽעָלָ֑יִךְme.'a.La.yikhfrom on <the> youH5921
וּמוֹסְרֹתַ֖יִךְu.mos.ro.Ta.yikhand fetters yourH4147
אֲנַתֵּֽק\׃'a.na.TekI will tear apartH5423

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Nahum 1:13

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 107:14

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

  • 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 5:5-6

    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. And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
will I.
Isa 9:4; 10:27; 14:25; Jer 2:20; Mic 5:5,6
will burst.
Ps 107:14; Jer 5:5

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Context

  • Nahum 1:12

    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.

  • Nahum 1:13

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

  • Nahum 1:14

    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.

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Nahum 1:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque ahora quebraré su yugo de sobre ti, y romperé tus coyundas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et maintenant je briserai son joug de dessus toi, et je romprai tes liens.
German
Elberfelder 1871		sondern ich werde nun sein Joch von dir zerbrechen und deine Bande zerreißen. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et nunc conteram virgam ejus de dorso tuo, et vincula tua disrumpam.