Nahum 1:4

 Nahum 1:4

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

a. NASB 1995: He rebukes the sea and makes it dry; He dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel wither; The blossoms of Lebanon wither.  [New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.]

b. NKJV: He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, And dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel wither, And the flower of Lebanon wilts.  [Scripture quotations marked "NKJV" are taken from the New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.]

c. Classic Amplified Bible: He rebukes and threatens the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan [on the east] and Mount Carmel [on the west] wither, and [in the north] the blossom of Lebanon fades.  [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)

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d. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and makes all the rivers parched. Bashan and Carmel become devastated, and the flower of lebanon becomes devastated. [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE TANACH--STUDENT SIZE EDITION Copyright 1996, 1998 by Mesorah Publications, Ltd.]

e. ESV: He rebukes the sea and makes it dry; he dries up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither; the bloom of Lebanon withers.  [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. “He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.”

a. [He] rebuketh [Strong: 1605 gâʻar, gaw-ar'; a primitive root; to chide:—corrupt, rebuke, reprove.]

b. [the] sea [Strong: yâm, yawm; from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south:—sea (× -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).]

c. [and maketh it dry 3001 yâbêsh, yaw-bashe'; a primitive root; to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage):—be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), × utterly, wither (away).]

d. [and] drieth up [Strong: 2717 chârab, khaw-rab'; or חֲרֵב chărêb; a primitive root; to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill:—decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, × surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.]

e. all [Strong: 3605 kôl, kole; or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל kôwl; from H3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense):—(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).]

f. [the] rivers [Strong: 5104 nâhâr, naw-hawr'; from H5102; a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity:—flood, river.]

g. Bashan [Strong: 1316 Bâshân, baw-shawn'; of uncertain derivation; Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan:—Bashan.]

h. lanquisheth [Strong: 535  ʼâmal, aw-mal'; a primitive root; to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn:—languish, be weak, wax feeble.]

i. [and] Carmel [Strong: 3760 Karmel, kar-mel'; the same as H3759; Karmel, the name of a hill and of a town in Palestine:—Carmel, fruitful (plentiful) field, (place).]

j. [and the] flower [Strong: 6225 perach, peh'-rakh; from H6524; a calyx (natural or artificial); generally, bloom:—blossom, bud, flower.]

k. [of] Lebanon [Strong: 3844 Lᵉbânôwn, leb-aw-nohn'; from H3825; (the) white mountain (from its snow); Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine:—Lebanon.]

l. lanquisheth [Strong: 535  ʼâmal, aw-mal'; a primitive root; to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn:—languish, be weak, wax feeble.]