Nahum 2 · Verse 9

Nahum 2:9

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.
Nahum 2:9, King James Version

Nahum 2:9 in other translations

BSB“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
WEBTake the plunder of silver. Take the plunder of gold, for there is no end of treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
ASVTake ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
YLTSeize ye silver, seize ye gold, And there is no end to the prepared things, To the abundance of all desirable vessels.
DARBYPlunder the silver, plunder the gold; for there is no end of the splendid store of all precious vessels.
BBETake silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.
WebsterTake 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.

What does Nahum 2:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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 (Na 3:16; Eze 27:23, 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].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Take ye the spoil - Though the king burnt his treasures, vestments, etc., he could not totally destroy the silver and the gold. Nor did he burn the riches of the city; these fell a prey to the conquerors; and there was no end of the store of glorious garments, and the most costly vessels and furniture.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nahum 2:1-10

Nineveh shall not put aside this judgment; there is no counsel or strength against the Lord. God looks upon proud cities, and brings them down. Particular account is given of the terrors wherein the invading enemy shall appear against Nineveh. The empire of Assyria is represented as a queen, about to be led captive to Babylon. Guilt in the conscience fills men with terror in an evil day; and what will treasures or…

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Nahum 2:9 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.

בֹּ֥זּוּBo.zuplunderH962
כֶ֖סֶףKhe.sefsilverH3701
בֹּ֣זּוּBo.zuplunderH962
זָהָ֑בza.HavgoldH2091
וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand there notH369
קֵ֙צֶה֙ke.tzeh[is] an endH7097
לַתְּכוּנָ֔הla.te.khu.Nahto the supplyH8498
כָּבֹ֕דka.VodabundanceH3519
מִכֹּ֖לmi.Kolfrom everyH3605
כְּלִ֥יke.Liarticle ofH3627
חֶמְדָּֽה\׃chem.DahpreciousnessH2532

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Cross references for Nahum 2:9

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ye.
Isa 33:1,4; Jer 51:56
for there is none end of the store. or, and their infinitestore, etc.
12,13
pleasant furniture. Heb. vessels of desire.
2Ch 36:10; Jer 25:34; Eze 26:12; Da 11:8; *margins

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Context

  • Nahum 2:8

    But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

  • Nahum 2:9

    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.

  • Nahum 2:10

    She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

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Nahum 2:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Saquead plata, saquead oro: no hay fin de las riquezas y suntuosidad de todo ajuar de codicia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Or, dès le jour où elle exista, Ninive a été comme une mare d’eau. Mais ils fuient… Arrêtez! Arrêtez! Mais personne ne se retourne.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Raubet Silber, raubet Gold! denn unendlich ist der Vorrat der Reichtum an allerlei kostbaren Geräten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Diripite argentum, diripite aurum: et non est finis divitiarum ex omnibus vasis desiderabilibus.