Nahum 2:9

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.

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.

Easy-to-Read Version
Take the silver! Take the gold! There are many things to take. There are many treasures.

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.

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 He is come up that shall destroy before thy face, that shall keep the siege: watch the way, fortify thy loins, strengthen thy power exceedingly. ² For the Lord hath rendered the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel: because the spoilers have laid them waste, and have marred their vine branches. ³ The shield of his mighty men is like fire, the men of the army are clad in scarlet, the reins of the chariot are flaming in the day of his preparation, and the drivers are stupified. ⁴ They are in confusion in the ways, the chariots jostle one against another in the streets: their looks are like torches, like lightning running to and fro. ⁵ He will muster up his valiant men, they shall stumble in their march: they shall quickly get upon the walls thereof: and a covering shall be prepared. ⁶ The gates of the rivers are opened, and the temple is thrown down to the ground. ⁷ And the soldier is led away captive: and her bondwomen were led away mourning as doves, murmuring in their hearts. ⁸ And as for Ninive, her waters are like a great pool: but the men flee away. They cry: Stand, stand, but there is none that will return back. ⁹ 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. ¹⁰ She is destroyed, and rent, and torn: the heart melteth, and the knees fail, and all the loins lose their strength: and the faces of them all are as the blackness of a kettle.

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
And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed.

Genesis 2:9
And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:17
But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.

Genesis 3:3
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise, God hath commanded us that we should not eat; and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we die.

Deuteronomy 6:25
And he will be merciful to us, if we keep and do all his precepts before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.

Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.

Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the just man is a tree of life: and he that gaineth souls is wise.

Isaiah 44:25
That make void the tokens of diviners, and make the soothsayers mad. That turn the wise backward, and that make their knowledge foolish.

Isaiah 47:10
And thou hast trusted in thy wickedness, and hast said: There is none that seeth me. Thy wisdom, and, thy knowledge, this hath deceived thee. And thou hast said in thy heart: I am, and besides me there is no other.

Ezekiel 31:16
I shook the nations with the sound of his fall, when I brought him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of pleasure, the choice and best in Libanus, all that were moistened with waters, were comforted in the lowest parts of the earth.

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.