Nahum 3:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.”
Nahum 3:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nahum 3:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nahum 3:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips and flees away.”
Nahum 3:16 — World English Bible
Nahum 3:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away. ”
Nahum 3:16 — American Standard Version
Nahum 3:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Multiply thy merchants above the stars of the heavens, The cankerworm hath stripped off, and doth flee away.”
Nahum 3:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Nahum 3:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Thou hast multiplied thy merchants more than the stars of the heavens; the cankerworm spreadeth himself out and flieth away.”
Nahum 3:16 — Darby Translation
Nahum 3:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Thou hast multiplied thy marchantes aboue the starres of heauen: the locust spoileth and flyeth away.”
Nahum 3:16 — Geneva Bible
Nahum 3:16 in Context — Nahum 3
14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but 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 shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
What Does Nahum 3:16 Mean?
Nahum 3:16 is a verse from the Book of Nahum, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Nahum chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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