Nahum 3:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Nahum 3:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nahum 3:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nahum 3:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.”
Nahum 3:17 — World English Bible
Nahum 3:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Thy princes are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which encamp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. ”
Nahum 3:17 — American Standard Version
Nahum 3:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Thy crowned ones <FI>are<Fi> 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.”
Nahum 3:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Nahum 3:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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. ”
Nahum 3:17 — Darby Translation
Nahum 3:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Thy princes are as the grashoppers, and thy captaines as the great grashoppers which remaine in the hedges in the colde day: but when the sunne ariseth, they flee away and their place is not knowen where they are.”
Nahum 3:17 — Geneva Bible
Nahum 3:17 in Context — Nahum 3
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.
19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
What Does Nahum 3:17 Mean?
Nahum 3:17 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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