American King James Version
"You have multiplied your merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoils, and flees away. "
— Nahum 3:16, American King James Version
“Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.”
“Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away. ”
“You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips, and flees away.”
“Increase your merchants more than the stars of heaven! They are like the young locust which sheds its skin and flies away.”
“Thou hast multiplied thy merchandises above the stars of heaven: the bruchus hath spread himself and flown away.”
“Let your traders be increased more than the stars of heaven:”
“Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.”
Behold, your people in the middle of you are women: the gates of your land shall be set wide open to your enemies: the fire shall devour your bars.
Draw you waters for the siege, fortify your strong holds: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick kiln.
There shall the fire devour you; the sword shall cut you off, it shall eat you up like the cankerworm: make yourself many as the cankerworm, make yourself many as the locusts.
You have multiplied your merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoils, and flees away.
Your crowned are as the locusts, and your captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun rises they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: your nobles shall dwell in the dust: your people is scattered on the mountains, and no man gathers them.
There is no healing of your bruise; your wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of you shall clap the hands over you: for on whom has not your wickedness passed continually?