Nahum 3:16

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Nahum 3:16

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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.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Nahum 3

¹⁴ Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!

¹⁵ There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; make yourself many like the swarming locust!

¹⁶ You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.

¹⁷ Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.

¹⁸ O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.

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