Nahum 1:13

 Nahum 1:13

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

a. NASB 1995: “So now, I will break his yoke bar from upon you, And I will tear off your shackles.”  [New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.]

b. NKJV: For now I will break off his yoke from you, And burst your bonds apart.”  [Scripture quotations marked "NKJV" are taken from the New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.]

c. Classic Amplified Bible: For now will I break his yoke from off you and will burst your bonds asunder.  [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

d. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: And now, I will break his yoke from upon you, [O Israel,] and i will snap your bonds.  [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE TANACH--STUDENT SIZE EDITION Copyright 1996, 1998 by Mesorah Publications, Ltd.]

e. ESV: And now I will break his yoke from off you and will burst your bonds apart.”  [Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.]

f. Unless otherwise stated, all Greek and Hebrew definitions are from Blue Letter Bible

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

a. [For] now [Strong: 6258 ʻattâh, at-taw'; from H6256; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive:—henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.]

b. [will I] break [Strong: 7665 shâbar, shaw-bar'; a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively):—break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, × quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663).

c. [his] yoke [Strong: 4132 môwṭ, mote; from H4131; a wavering, i.e. fall; by implication, a pole (as shaking); hence, a yoke (as essentially a bent pole):—bar, be moved, staff, yoke.]

d. [from] off [thee] [Strong: 5921 ʻal, al; properly, the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications:—above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, × as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, × both and, by (reason of), × had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, × with.]

e. [and] will burst [Strong: 5423 nâthaq, naw-thak'; a primitive root; to tear off:—break (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.]

f. [thy] bonds [Strong: 4147 môwçêr, mo-sare'; also (in plural) feminine מוֹסֵרָה môwçêrâh; or מֹסְרָה môçᵉrâh; from H3256; properly, chastisement, i.e. (by implication) a halter; figuratively, restraint:—band, bond.]

g. [in] sunder [Strong: 5423 nâthaq, naw-thak'; a primitive root; to tear off:—break (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.]