Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy. New Living Translation And you, Nineveh, will also stagger like a drunkard. You will hide for fear of the attacking enemy. English Standard Version You also will be drunken; you will go into hiding; you will seek a refuge from the enemy. Berean Standard Bible You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy. King James Bible Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy. New King James Version You also will be drunk; You will be hidden; You also will seek refuge from the enemy. New American Standard Bible You too will become drunk, You will be hidden. You too will search for a refuge from the enemy. NASB 1995 You too will become drunk, You will be hidden. You too will search for a refuge from the enemy. NASB 1977 You too will become drunk, You will be hidden. You too will search for a refuge from the enemy. Legacy Standard Bible You too will become drunk; You will be hidden. You too will search for a strong defense from the enemy. Amplified Bible You too [Nineveh] will become drunk [with the cup of God’s wrath]; You will be hidden. You too [Nineveh] will search [in vain] for a refuge from the enemy. Christian Standard Bible You also will become drunk; you will hide. You also will seek refuge from the enemy. Holman Christian Standard Bible You also will become drunk; you will hide yourself. You also will seek refuge from the enemy. American Standard Version Thou also shalt be drunken; thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek a stronghold because of the enemy. Contemporary English Version Nineveh, now it's your turn! You will get drunk and try to hide from your enemy. English Revised Version Thou also shalt be drunken, thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek a strong hold because of the enemy. GOD'S WORD® Translation Even you, Nineveh, will stagger like a drunk. You will disappear. Even you will look for a fortress [to escape] from the enemy. Good News Translation Nineveh, you too will fall into a drunken stupor! You too will try to escape from your enemies. International Standard Version You will also become drunk. You will disappear, trying to hide from your enemies. Majority Standard Bible You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy. NET Bible You too will act like drunkards; you will go into hiding; you too will seek refuge from the enemy. New Heart English Bible You also will be drunk. You will be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy. Webster's Bible Translation Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy. World English Bible You also will be drunken. You will be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionEven you are drunken, you are hidden, "" Even you seek a strong place, because of an enemy. Young's Literal Translation Even thou art drunken, thou art hidden, Even thou dost seek a strong place, because of an enemy. Smith's Literal Translation And thou shalt be intoxicated, and thou shalt be hid; thou shalt seek a fortified place from the enemy. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleTherefore thou also shalt be made drunk, and shalt be despised: and thou shalt seek help from the enemy. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, you also will become inebriated, and you will be despised, and you will seek help from the opposition. New American Bible You, too, will drink of this; you will be overcome; You, too, will seek a refuge from the foe. New Revised Standard Version You also will be drunken, you will go into hiding; you will seek a refuge from the enemy. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYou also shall be grieved and you shall be despised; you also shall seek help because of your enemies. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Also you shall be wretched, and you shall be despised; also you shall seek help from your enemies OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thou also shalt be drunken, Thou shalt swoon; Thou also shalt seek a refuge Because of the enemy. Brenton Septuagint Translation And thou shalt be drunken, and shalt be overlooked; and thou shalt seek for thyself strength because of thine enemies. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judgment Against Nineveh…10Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains. 11You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy. 12All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!… Cross References Isaiah 51:17 Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger. Jeremiah 25:15-16 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it. / And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.” Habakkuk 2:16 You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory. Isaiah 47:1-3 “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” Jeremiah 51:7 Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad. Ezekiel 23:32-34 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much. / You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria. / You will drink it and drain it; you will dash it to pieces, and tear your breasts. For I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD. Lamentations 4:21 So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself. Isaiah 19:14 The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit. Jeremiah 13:13-14 then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem. / I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’” Revelation 14:8 Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.” Revelation 17:2 The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” Revelation 18:3 All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.” Matthew 26:39 Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.” Mark 14:36 “Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.” Luke 22:42 “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.” Treasury of Scripture You also shall be drunken: you shall be hid, you also shall seek strength because of the enemy. Thou also. shalt be drunken. Nahum 1:10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. Psalm 75:8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. Isaiah 29:9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. thou shalt be hid. 1 Samuel 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. 1 Samuel 14:11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. Isaiah 2:10,19 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty… thou also. Nahum 2:1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. Jeremiah 4:5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. Jeremiah 8:14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. Jump to Previous Drunk Drunken Enemy Feeble Fighting Hid Hidden Hiding Overcome Refuge Safe Search Seek Strength Strong Stronghold Swoon WineJump to Next Drunk Drunken Enemy Feeble Fighting Hid Hidden Hiding Overcome Refuge Safe Search Seek Strength Strong Stronghold Swoon WineNahum 3 1. The destruction of Nineveh.You too will become drunk The phrase "You too will become drunk" is a metaphorical expression used to describe the impending judgment and disorientation that Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, will experience. In the Hebrew context, drunkenness often symbolizes a state of confusion and helplessness. Historically, Assyria was known for its might and dominance, but Nahum prophesies that they will be brought low, akin to a person who has lost control due to intoxication. This imagery serves as a stark contrast to their former power, highlighting the totality of their impending downfall. you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Youאַ֣תְּ (’at) Pronoun - second person feminine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you too גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and will become drunk; תִּשְׁכְּרִ֔י (tiš·kə·rî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 7937: To become tipsy, to satiate with a, stimulating drink, influence You will go תְּהִ֖י (tə·hî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be into hiding נַֽעֲלָמָ֑ה (na·‘ă·lā·māh) Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 5956: To veil from sight, conceal and גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and seek תְּבַקְשִׁ֥י (tə·ḇaq·šî) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after refuge מָע֖וֹז (mā·‘ō·wz) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4581: A place or means of safety, protection from the enemy. מֵאוֹיֵֽב׃ (mê·’ō·w·yêḇ) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary Links Nahum 3:11 NIVNahum 3:11 NLT Nahum 3:11 ESV Nahum 3:11 NASB Nahum 3:11 KJV Nahum 3:11 BibleApps.com Nahum 3:11 Biblia Paralela Nahum 3:11 Chinese Bible Nahum 3:11 French Bible Nahum 3:11 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Nahum 3:11 You also will be drunken (Nah. 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