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


In Context

13 Lo, thy people are women in thy midst, To thine enemies thoroughly opened Have been the gates of thy land, Consumed hath fire thy bars.

14 Waters of a siege draw for thyself, Strengthen thy fortresses, Enter into mire, and tread on clay, Make strong a brick-kiln.

15 There consume thee doth a fire, Cut thee off doth a sword, It doth consume thee as a cankerworm! Make thyself heavy as the cankerworm, Make thyself heavy as the locust.

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

17 Thy crowned ones are as a locust, And thy princes as great grasshoppers, That encamp in hedges in a day of cold, The sun hath risen, and it doth flee away, And not known is its place where they are.

18 Slumbered have thy friends, king of Asshur, Rest do thine honourable ones, Scattered have been thy people on the mountains, And there is none gathering.

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 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 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.