Nahum 3:16

Nahum 3:16 in 6 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 stars of heaven—

The creeping locust strips 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.

16You have more traders

than the number of stars in the sky.

But like locusts they strip the land.

Then they fly away.