Nahum 1:3

KJV

The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

— Nahum 1:3, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Nahum Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. A poem celebrating the Lord as a jealous and avenging God who is slow to anger but who will by no means clear the guilty. The theophanic imagery of withering sea, trembling mountains, and dissolving hills precedes the declaration that …

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Other Translations

ASV

Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

YLT

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> slow to anger, and great in power, And Jehovah doth not entirely acquit, In a hurricane and in a tempest <FI>is<Fi> His way, And a cloud <FI>is<Fi> the dust of His feet.

BBE

The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

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