Nahum 3:16

Nahum 3:16 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

16You have increased the number of your merchants

till they are more numerous than the stars in the sky,

but like locusts they strip the land

and then fly away.

16You have made your traders more numerous than the stars of heaven—

The creeping locust sheds its skin and flies away.

16You have increased your traders more than the [visible] stars of heaven—

The creeping locust strips and destroys and then flies away.

16You have multiplied your merchants

more than the stars of the sky.

The young locust strips the land

and flies away.

16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.

16Thou hast multiplied thy marchantes aboue the starres of heauen: the locust spoileth and flyeth away.

16You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips and flees away.

16You have more traders

than the number of stars in the sky.

But like locusts they strip the land.

Then they fly away.

16You have many traders in your city.

They are more than the stars in the sky.

But they are like locusts.

They take everything from the land and then they fly away!

16Multiply your merchants above the stars of the heavens, || The cankerworm has stripped off, and flees away.