Nahum 3:16
“Thou hast multiplied thy merchants aboue the starres of heauen; the cankerworme spoileth & flieth away.”
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Nahum 3:16 Context
14Draw thee waters for the siege: fortifie thy strong holdes, goe into clay, and tread the morter: make strong the bricke-kill. 15There shall the fire deuoure thee: the sword shall cut thee off: it shall eate thee vp like the cankerworme: make thy selfe many as the cankerworme, make thy selfe many as the locusts. 16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants aboue the starres of heauen; the cankerworme spoileth & flieth away. 17The crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grashoppers which campe in the hedges in the cold day: but when the Sunne ariseth, they flee away, and their place is not knowen where they are. 18Thy shepheards slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered vpon the mountaines, & no man gathereth them.
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Other Translations for Nahum 3:16
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
- King James Version
You have increased your traders more than the stars of heaven-- The creeping locust strips and flies away.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Let your traders be increased more than the stars of heaven:
- Basic English Bible
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants more than the stars of the heavens; the cankerworm spreadeth himself out and flieth away.
- Darby Bible
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm spoileth, and flieth away.
- Webster's Bible
You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips, and flees away.
- World English Bible
Multiply thy merchants above the stars of the heavens, The cankerworm hath stripped off, and doth flee away.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven; the canker-worm spreadeth itself, and flieth away.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Nahum 3:16
3:16 The canker - worm spoileth - So these are like the canker - worms, which spoil wherever they come, and when no more is to be gotten, flee away.