Nahum 3:2

Modern

The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!

Traditional

The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

Literal

…the voice of the whip, the voice of the rattling of the wheel, with galloping horse and bounding chariot!

Latin

Vox flagelli, et vox impetus rotæ, et equi frementis, et quadrigæ ferventis, et equitis ascendentis,

Hebrew

English

The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!

These short, abrupt phrases show how shocking it was to see and hear the battle as it happened.
Assyrian chariots and charioteers were feared in many lands because of their speed and power.

Jeremiah 47:3
…at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.
Nahum 2:3–4
The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.
Job 39:22–25
He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.
Judges 5:22
Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.
Isaiah 9:5
For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.