Nahum 3:16
King James Version (KJV)
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
In context
14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
Nahum 3:16 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
- WEB World English Bible
- You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips and flees away.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Multiply thy merchants above the stars of the heavens, The cankerworm hath stripped off, and doth flee away.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Thou hast multiplied thy merchants more than the stars of the heavens; the cankerworm spreadeth himself out and flieth away.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm spoileth, and flieth away.