16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants more than the stars of the heavens; the cankerworm spreadeth himself out and flieth away.


In Context

13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are as women: the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies; the fire devoureth thy bars.

14 Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln.

15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the cankerworm. Make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locust.

16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants more than the stars of the heavens; the cankerworm spreadeth himself out and flieth away.

17 Thy chosen men are as the locusts, and thy captains as swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day: 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 lie still; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

Nahum 3:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:16You have increased the number of your merchants till they are more than the stars of the sky, but like locusts they strip the land and then fly away.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Thou hast multiplied thy merchandises above the stars of heaven: the bruchus hath spread himself and flown away.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm spoileth, and flieth away.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips, and flees away.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16Multiply thy merchants above the stars of the heavens, The cankerworm hath stripped off, and doth flee away.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:16You have multiplied your merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoils, and flees away.