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Nah. 1:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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.

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Ex. 34:6‑7• ⁶And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,
⁷keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. (Ex. 34:6‑7)

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Neh. 9:17• ¹⁷and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not. (Neh. 9:17)

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Psa. 103:8• ⁸Jehovah [is] merciful and gracious,{HR}Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness. (Psa. 103:8)

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Psa. 145:8• ⁸Gracious and merciful (is) Jehovah,{HR}Slow to anger and of great mercy. (Psa. 145:8)

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Joel 2:13• ¹³and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. (Joel 2:13)

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Jonah 4:2• ²And he prayed to Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. (Jonah 4:2)

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James 1:19• ¹⁹Ye know [it], my brethren beloved, but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; (James 1:19)

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Job 9:4• ⁴Wise in heart, and mighty in strength!{HR}Who hath held out against him, and been unhurt? (Job 9:4)

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Psa. 62:11• ¹¹Once hath God spoken;{HR}Twice have I heard this,{HR}That power [belongeth] to God. (Psa. 62:11)

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Psa. 66:3• ³Say to God, How terrible [are] thy doings;{HR}In the greatness of thy strength thine enemies shall cringe to thee. (Psa. 66:3)

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Psa. 147:5• ⁵Great [is] our Lord, and of much power;{HR}His understanding [is] infinite. (Psa. 147:5)

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Eph. 1:19‑20• ¹⁹and what the surpassing greatness of his power toward us that believe, according to the working of the might of his strength,
²⁰which he wrought in the Christ in having raised him out of the dead, and seated [him] at his right hand in the heavenly [places], (Eph. 1:19‑20)

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Num. 14:18• ¹⁸Jehovah is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. (Num. 14:18)

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Job 10:14• ¹⁴If I should sin, thou wouldest mark me,{HR}And not in mine iniquity hold me guiltless. (Job 10:14)

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Ex. 19:16‑18• ¹⁶And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of the trumpet exceeding loud; and the whole people that was in the camp trembled.
¹⁷And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
¹⁸And the whole of mount Sinai smoked, because Jehovah descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended as the smoke of a furnace; and the whole mountain shook greatly. (Ex. 19:16‑18)

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Deut. 5:22‑24• ²²These words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
²³And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, and the mountain burned with fire, that ye came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
²⁴and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God talks with man, and he lives. (Deut. 5:22‑24)

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1 Kings 19:11‑13• ¹¹And he said, Go forth and stand upon the mount before Jehovah. And behold Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before Jehovah; but Jehovah was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but Jehovah was not in the earthquake.
¹²And after the earthquake a fire, but Jehovah was not in the fire. After the fire a still small voice.
¹³And it was so when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? (1 Kings 19:11‑13)

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Job 38:1• ¹And Jehovah answered Job out of the storm and said, (Job 38:1)

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Psa. 18:7‑15• ⁷Then the earth shaketh and trembleth,{HR}And the foundations of mountains are moved;{HR}They are shaken because he was angry.
⁸There went up a smoke in his anger,{HR}And fire from his mouth devoureth;{HR}Coals were kindled by it.
⁹And he boweth the heavens and cometh down,{HR}And darkness [is] under his feet.
¹⁰And he rideth upon a cherub and flieth,{HR}Yea, he flieth upon the wings of the wind.
¹¹He maketh darkness his covering,{HR}His tent round about him,{HR}Darkness of waters,{HR}Thick clouds of the skies.
¹²From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed away:{HR}Hail, and coals of fire.
¹³And Jehovah thundereth in the heavens,{HR}And the Most High giveth his voice;{HR}Hail and coals of fire.
¹⁴And he sendeth his arrows and scattereth them,{HR}And lightnings in abundance,{HR}And discomfiteth them.
¹⁵And the channels of waters are seen,{HR}And the foundations of the world are made bare through thy rebuke,{HR}O Jehovah, through the breath of the wind of thy wrath, (Psa. 18:7‑15)

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Psa. 50:3• ³Our God will come and not be silent:{HR}A fire before him shall devour,{HR}And around him it shall be very tempestuous. (Psa. 50:3)

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Psa. 97:2‑5• ²Cloud and darkness [are] around him,{HR}Righteousness and judgment the foundation of his throne.
³A fire goeth before him,{HR}And burneth up his foes round about.
⁴His lightnings lightened the world;{HR}The earth saw and trembled.
⁵Mountains melted like wax before Jehovah,{HR}Before the Lord of the whole earth. (Psa. 97:2‑5)

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Psa. 104:3• ³Who frameth his chambers in the waters,{HR}Who maketh clouds his chariot (vehicle),{HR}Who walketh on wings of wind; (Psa. 104:3)

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Isa. 19:1• ¹The burden of Egypt. (Isa. 19:1)

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Isa. 66:15• ¹⁵For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. (Isa. 66:15)

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Dan. 7:13• ¹³I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of heaven, one like the Son of man, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. (Dan. 7:13)

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Hab. 3:5‑15• ⁵Before him went the pestilence,
⁶He stood, and made the earth tremble:
⁷I saw the tents of Chushan in affliction:
⁸Was Jehovah displeased against the rivers?
⁹Thy bow was made quite naked,
¹⁰The mountains saw thee, and they trembled:
¹¹The sun and moon stood still in their habitation:
¹²Thou didst march through the land in indignation,
¹³Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people,
¹⁴Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages:
¹⁵Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, (Hab. 3:5‑15)

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Zech. 9:14• ¹⁴And Jehovah shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord Jehovah shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. (Zech. 9:14)

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Matt. 26:64• ⁶⁴Jesus says to him, Thou hast said. Moreover, I say to you, From henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. (Matt. 26:64)

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Rev. 1:7• ⁷Behold, he cometh with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, and those which pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall wail on account of him. Yea, Amen. (Rev. 1:7)

• The stronger the feeling of God against that which destroys His own glory, the more worthy is it that He should be slow to act on His indignation, as we should be for quite different reasons. Indeed slowness to anger is ordinarily the proof of moral greatness, though there are extreme cases where waiting would bespeak want of right feeling. Scripture shows us both the rule and the exceptions. (“Nahum 1” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and doth not at all clear the guilty: Jehovah,—his way is in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

W. Kelly Translation

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