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


In Context

13 Behold thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open to thy enemies, the fire shall devour thy bars.

14 Draw thee water for the siege, build up thy bulwarks: go into the clay, and tread, work it and make brick.

15 There shall the fire devour thee: thou shalt perish by the sword, it shall devour thee like the bruchus: assemble together like the bruchus, make thyself many like the locust.

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

17 Thy guards are like the locusts: and thy little ones like the locusts of locusts which swarm on the hedges in the day of cold: the sun arose, and they flew away, and their place was not known where they were.

18 Thy shepherds have slumbered, O king of Assyria, thy princes shall be buried: thy people are hid in the mountains, and there is none to gather them together.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants more than the stars of the heavens; the cankerworm spreadeth himself out and flieth 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.