5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.


In Context

2 Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.

3 Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

4 He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes.

5 The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.

6 Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.

7 Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

Nahum 1:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:5The mountains quake before him and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, the world and all who live in it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt, and the earth is upheaved at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:5The mountains tremble at him, and the hills are made desolate: and the earth hath quaked at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, even the world, and all that dwell therein.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5Mountains have shaken because of Him, And the hills have been melted; And lifted up is the earth at His presence, And the world and all dwelling in it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yes, the world, and all that dwell therein.