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Nahum 2:9

Take the silver! Take the gold! There are many things to take. There are many treasures.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Torrey's Topical Textbook - Nineveh;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Nineveh;   War;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gold;   Nineveh;   Prophecy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Nahum;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Nineveh ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Assyria;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Gold;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Nineveh;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Furniture;   Infinite;   Nahum, the Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure,an abundance of every precious thing.
Hebrew Names Version
Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
King James Version (1611)
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.
King James Version
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 Standard Version
Plunder the silver, plunder the gold! There is no end of the treasure or of the wealth of all precious things.
New American Standard Bible
Plunder the silver, Plunder the gold! For there is no end to the treasure— Wealth from every kind of desirable object.
New Century Version
Take the silver! Take the gold! There is no end to the treasure— piles of wealth of every kind.
Amplified Bible
Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! For there is no end to the treasure— Wealth from every precious object.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Spoyle ye the siluer, spoyle the golde: for there is none ende of the store, and glorie of all the pleasant vessels.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! For there is no limit to the treasure— Wealth from every kind of desirable object.
Legacy Standard Bible
Plunder the silver!Plunder the gold!And there is no limit to the treasure—Wealth from every kind of desirable object.
Berean Standard Bible
"Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!" There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
Contemporary English Version
Enemy soldiers shout, "The city is full of treasure and all kinds of wealth. Steal her silver! Grab her gold!"
Complete Jewish Bible
Ninveh is like a pool whose water ebbs away. "Stop! Stop!" But none of it goes back.
Darby Translation
Plunder the silver, plunder the gold; for there is no end of the splendid store of all precious vessels.
George Lamsa Translation
Plunder the silver, plunder the gold; for there is no end to the precious ornaments, and abundance of every kind of precious vessels.
Good News Translation
Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The city is full of treasure!
Lexham English Bible
Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! There is no end to the spoils, an abundance of everything one could want!
Literal Translation
Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! For there is no end to the treasures, riches from all precious objects.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water; yet they flee away; 'Stand, stand'; but none looketh back.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Take your spoyle of siluer, take your spoyle of golde, for there is no ende of riches: treasure, pashing all treasure.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.
English Revised Version
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.
World English Bible
Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Rauysche ye siluer, rauysche ye gold; and there is noon ende of richessis, of alle desirable vessels.
Update Bible Version
Take 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 Bible Translation
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.
New English Translation
Her conquerors cry out: "Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!" There is no end to the treasure; riches of every kind of precious thing.
New King James Version
Take spoil of silver! Take spoil of gold! There is no end of treasure, Or wealth of every desirable prize.
New Living Translation
Loot the silver! Plunder the gold! There's no end to Nineveh's treasures— its vast, uncounted wealth.
New Life Bible
Take the silver! Take the gold! For there is no end of the riches, every kind of thing of great worth.
New Revised Standard
"Plunder the silver, plunder the gold! There is no end of treasure! An abundance of every precious thing!"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Plunder silver, plunder gold, - and there is no end to the costly furnishing, rich with every article of delight.
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
Revised Standard Version
Plunder the silver, plunder the gold! There is no end of treasure, or wealth of every precious thing.
Young's Literal Translation
Seize ye silver, seize ye gold, And there is no end to the prepared things, [To] the abundance of all desirable vessels.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Awaye with the syluer, awaye with the golde: for here is no ende of treasure. There shalbe a multitude of all maner costly ornamentes.

Contextual Overview

1 An enemy is coming to attack you, so guard the strong places of your city. Watch the road. Get ready for war. Prepare for battle! 2 Yes, the Lord changed Jacob's pride. He made it like Israel's pride. The enemy destroyed them and ruined their grapevines. 3 The shields of his soldiers are red. Their uniforms are bright red. Their chariots are shining like flames of fire and are lined up for battle. Their horses are ready to go. 4 The chariots race wildly through the streets and rush back and forth through the square. They look like burning torches, like lightning flashing from place to place! 5 The enemy calls for his best soldiers. They stumble as they rush ahead. They run to the wall and set up their shield over the battering ram. 6 But the gates by the rivers are open, and the enemy comes flooding in and destroys the king's palace. 7 The enemy takes away the queen, and her slave girls moan sadly like doves. They beat their breasts to show their sadness. 8 Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away. People yell, "Stop! Stop running away!" But it does not do any good. 9 Take the silver! Take the gold! There are many things to take. There are many treasures. 10 Now Nineveh is empty. Everything is stolen. The city is ruined. People have lost their courage, their hearts melt with fear, their knees knock together, their bodies shake, and their faces turn pale.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ye: Isaiah 33:1, Isaiah 33:4, Jeremiah 51:56

for there is none end of the store: or, and their infinite store, etc. Nahum 2:12, Nahum 2:13

pleasant furniture: Heb. vessels of desire, 2 Chronicles 36:10, Jeremiah 25:34, Ezekiel 26:12, Daniel 11:8, *marg.

Reciprocal: Isaiah 10:14 - And my Isaiah 16:14 - the glory Jeremiah 51:34 - he hath made Daniel 10:3 - pleasant bread Hosea 13:15 - pleasant vessels Nahum 3:7 - Nineveh

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the East, in a place named Eden. He put the man he made in that garden.
Genesis 2:9
Then the Lord God caused all the beautiful trees that were good for food to grow in the garden. In the middle of the garden, he put the tree of life and the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil.
Genesis 2:17
But you must not eat from the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil. If you eat fruit from that tree, on that day you will certainly die!"
Genesis 3:3
But there is one tree we must not eat from. God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch that tree, or you will die.'"
Deuteronomy 6:25
If we carefully obey the whole law, exactly as the Lord our God told us to, he will say that we have done a very good thing.'
Proverbs 3:18
Wisdom is like a life-giving tree to those who hold on to her; she is a blessing to those who keep her close.
Proverbs 11:30
What good people produce is like a life-giving tree. Those who are wise give new life to others.
Isaiah 44:25
False prophets tell lies, but the Lord shows that their lies are false. He makes fools of those who do magic. He confuses even the wise. They think they know a lot, but he makes them look foolish.
Isaiah 47:10
You do bad things but still feel safe. You say to yourself, ‘No one sees the wrong I do.' You thought that your wisdom and knowledge would save you. You tell yourself, ‘I alone am important, and no one else matters.'
Ezekiel 31:16
I made the tree fall—and the nations shook with fear at the sound of the falling tree. I sent the tree down to the place of death to join the other people who had gone down into that deep hole. In the past, all the trees of Eden, the best of Lebanon, drank that water. The trees were comforted in the world below.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold,.... Of which there was a great quantity in this rich and populous city: these are the words of the prophet, or of the Lord by the prophet, to the Medes and Chaldeans, to seize the spoil of the city, now fallen into their hands; suggesting that this was by the order and will of God, though they saw it not: or of the generals of the army of the Medes and Babylonians, giving leave to the common soldiers to take part of the plunder, there being enough for them all, officers and private men:

for [there is] none end of the store [and] glory out of all the pleasant furniture: no end of the wealth which had been hoarded up, and of their household goods and rich apparel, which their coffers, houses, and wardrobes, were full of, the value of which could not be told. The king of Assyria, perceiving that he, his family, and his wealth, were like to fall into the hands of the enemy, caused a pile of wood to be raised, and in it heaped his gold, silver, and royal apparel, and, enclosing himself, his eunuchs, and concubines in it, set fire to it, and destroyed himself and them. It is said n there were no less in this pile than a thousand myriads of talents of gold, which are about fourteen hundred millions sterling, and ten times as many talents of silver, together with apparel and furniture unspeakable; and yet, after all this, the princes of the Babylonians and Medes carried off vast quantities. The Babylonian prince loaded several ships with the ashes of the pile, and a large quantity of gold and silver, discovered to him by an eunuch, a deserter; and the Median prince, what of the gold and silver left out of the pile, which were many talents, that fell into his hands, he sent to Ecbatana, the royal city of Media o.

n Athenaeus apud Rollin's Ancient History, &c. vol. 2. p. 31, 32. See the Universal History, vol. 4. p. 306. o Diodor. Sicul. l. 2. p. 114, 115.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold - Nineveh had not hearkened of old to the voice of the prophet, but had turned back to sin; it cannot hearken now, for fear. He turns to the spoiler to whom God’s judgments assigned her, and who is too ready to hear. The gold and silver, which the last Assyrian King had gathered into the palace which he fired, was mostly removed (the story says, treacherously) to Babylon. Arbaces is said to have borne this and to have removed the residue, to the amount of many talents, to Agbatana, the Median capital . “For there is none end of the store.” Nineveh had stored up from her foundation until then, but at last for the spoiler. “When thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled” Isaiah 33:1. Many “perish and leave their wealth to others” Psalms 49:10. “The wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just” Proverbs 13:22. “And glory out of all the pleasant furniture,” (literally as in the margin, “glory out of all vessels of desire”) i. e., however large the spoil, it would be but a portion only; yet all their wealth, though more than enough for the enemy and for them, could not save them. Her “glory,” was but a “weight” to weigh her down, that she should not rise again Zechariah 5:8; Exodus 15:10. Their wealth brought on the day of calamity, availed not therein, although it could not be drawn dry even by the spoiler. Jerome: “They could not spoil so much as she supplied to be spoiled.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 9. Take ye the spoil — Though the king burnt his treasures, vestments, c., 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.


 
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