Nahum 3:2
Good News Translation
Listen! The crack of the whip, the rattle of wheels, the gallop of horses, the jolting of chariots!

New Revised Standard Version
The crack of whip and rumble of wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!

Contemporary English Version
here is your fate--cracking whips, churning wheels; galloping horses, roaring chariots;

New American Bible
The crack of the whip, the rumbling of wheels; Horses galloping, chariots bounding,

Douay-Rheims Bible
The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the neighing horse; and of the running chariot, and of the horsemen coming up,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the neighing horse; and of the running chariot, and of the horsemen coming up,

noise.

Nahum 2:3,4 The shield of his mighty men is like fire, the men of the army are clad in scarlet, the reins of the chariot are flaming in the day of his preparation, and the drivers are stupefied. . . .

Judges 5:22 The hoofs of the horses were broken whilst the stoutest of the enemies fled amain, and fell headlong down.

Job 39:22-25 He despiseth fear, he turneth not his back to the sword. . . .

Isaiah 9:5 For every violent taking of spoils, with tumult, and garment mingled with blood, shall be burnt, and be fuel for the fire.

Jeremiah 47:3 At the noise of the marching of arms, and of his soldiers, at the rushing of his chariots, and the multitude of his wheels. The fathers have not looked back to the children, for feebleness of hands,

Context
Judgment Against Nineveh
1Woe to thee, O city of blood, all full of lies and violence: rapine shall not depart from thee. 2The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the neighing horse; and of the running chariot, and of the horsemen coming up,3And of the shining sword, and of the glittering spear, and of a multitude slain, and of a grievous destruction: and there is no end of carcasses, and they shall fall down on their dead bodies.…
Cross References
Job 39:22
He despiseth fear, he turneth not his back to the sword.

Jeremiah 47:3
At the noise of the marching of arms, and of his soldiers, at the rushing of his chariots, and the multitude of his wheels. The fathers have not looked back to the children, for feebleness of hands,

Nahum 2:3
The shield of his mighty men is like fire, the men of the army are clad in scarlet, the reins of the chariot are flaming in the day of his preparation, and the drivers are stupefied.

Nahum 2:4
They are in confusion in the ways, the chariots jostle one against another in the streets: their looks are like torches, like lightning running to and fro.

Nahum 3:1
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