10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

Other Translations of Nahum 1:10

New International Version

10 They will be entangled among thorns and drunk from their wine; they will be consumed like dry stubble.The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

English Standard Version

10 For they are like entangled thorns, like drunkards as they drink; they are consumed like stubble fully dried.

The Message

10 Like a pile of dry brush, Soaked in oil, they'll go up in flames. A Think Tank for Lies

New King James Version

10 For while tangled like thorns, And while drunken like drunkards, They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.

New Living Translation

10 His enemies, tangled like thornbushes and staggering like drunks, will be burned up like dry stubble in a field.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Nahum 1:10

Commentary on Nahum 1:9-15

(Read Nahum 1:9-15)

There is a great deal plotted against the Lord by the gates of hell, and against his kingdom in the world; but it will prove in vain. With some sinners God makes quick despatch; and one way or other, he will make an utter end of all his enemies. Though they are quiet, and many very secure, and not in fear, they shall be cut down as grass and corn, when the destroying angel passes through. God would hereby work great deliverance for his own people. But those who make themselves vile by scandalous sins, God will make vile by shameful punishments. The tidings of this great deliverance shall be welcomed with abundant joy. These words are applied to the great redemption wrought out by our Lord Jesus and the everlasting gospel, Romans 10:15. Christ's ministers are messengers of good tidings, that preach peace by Jesus Christ. How welcome to those who see their misery and danger by sin! And the promise they made in the day of trouble must be made good. Let us be thankful for God's ordinances, and gladly attend them. Let us look forward with cheerful hope to a world where the wicked never can enter, and sin and temptation will no more be known.