Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You 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. New Living Translation Your merchants have multiplied until they outnumber the stars. But like a swarm of locusts, they strip the land and fly away. English Standard Version You increased your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The locust spreads its wings and flies away. Berean Standard Bible You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away. King James Bible Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away. New King James Version You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of heaven. The locust plunders and flies away. New American Standard Bible You have made your traders more numerous than the stars of heaven— The creeping locust sheds its skin and flies away. NASB 1995 You have increased your traders more than the stars of heaven— The creeping locust strips and flies away. NASB 1977 You have increased your traders more than the stars of heaven— The creeping locust strips and flies away. Legacy Standard Bible You have increased your traders more than the stars of heaven— The creeping locust strips and flies away. Amplified Bible You have increased your traders more than the [visible] stars of heaven— The creeping locust strips and destroys and then flies away. Christian Standard Bible You have made your merchants more numerous than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away. Holman Christian Standard Bible You have made your merchants more numerous than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away. American Standard Version Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away. Contemporary English Version More merchants are in your city than there are stars in the sky--but they are like locusts that eat everything, then fly away. English Revised Version Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away. GOD'S WORD® Translation You have produced more businessmen than there are stars in the sky. [They are] like locusts that attack and then fly away. Good News Translation You produced more merchants than there are stars in the sky! But now they are gone, like locusts that spread their wings and fly away. International Standard Version You added to your inventory of businessmen— they number more than the stars of heaven. The creeping locust sheds its skin and flies away. Majority Standard Bible You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away. NET Bible Increase your merchants more than the stars of heaven! They are like the young locust which sheds its skin and flies away. New Heart English Bible You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips, and flees away. Webster's Bible Translation Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm spoileth, and flieth away. World English Bible You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips and flees away. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionMultiply your merchants above the stars of the heavens, "" The cankerworm has stripped off, and flees away. Young's Literal Translation Multiply thy merchants above the stars of the heavens, The cankerworm hath stripped off, and doth flee away. Smith's Literal Translation Thou didst multiply thy traffics above the stars of the heavens: the feeder spread out and it will fly away. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThou hast multiplied thy merchandises above the stars of heaven: the bruchus hath spread himself and flown away. Catholic Public Domain Version You have made more negotiations than there are stars in the sky. The beetle has spread out and flown away. New American Bible You have made your traders more numerous than the stars of the heavens; like grasshoppers that shed their skins and fly away. New Revised Standard Version You increased your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The locust sheds its skin and flies away. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYou have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the heaven; the young locust swarms and flies away. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And you have multiplied your Merchants more than the stars of Heaven the crawling locust sheds skin and flies away OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thou hast multiplied thy merchants Above the stars of heaven; The canker-worm spreadeth itself, and flieth away. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou hast multiplied thy merchandise beyond the stars of heaven: the palmerworm has attacked it, and has flown away. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judgment Against Nineveh…15There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; make yourself many like the swarming locust! 16You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away. 17Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.… Cross References Revelation 18:11-19 And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo— / cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; / of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages; of bodies and souls of slaves. ... Ezekiel 27:12-25 Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares. / Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise. / The men of Beth-togarmah exchanged horses, war horses, and mules for your wares. ... Isaiah 23:8-9 Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth? / The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth. Jeremiah 51:13 You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut. Zephaniah 1:11 Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off. Isaiah 47:15 This is what they are to you—those with whom you have labored and traded from youth—each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you. Ezekiel 28:16 By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. Revelation 18:3 All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.” Isaiah 13:20 She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. Jeremiah 50:37 A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered. Isaiah 14:31 Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks. Ezekiel 27:33 When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise. Revelation 18:23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.” Isaiah 47:9 These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells. Jeremiah 51:33 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.” Treasury of Scripture You have multiplied your merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoils, and flees away. above. Genesis 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. Genesis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; Nehemiah 9:23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. spoileth. Jump to Previous Cankerworm Canker-Worm Creeping Flee Flees Fleeth Flies Flieth Grasshopper Heaven Heavens Increased Itself Locust Merchants Multiplied Multiply Skies Sky Spoileth Spreadeth Spreads Stars Strip Stripped Strips Traders WingsJump to Next Cankerworm Canker-Worm Creeping Flee Flees Fleeth Flies Flieth Grasshopper Heaven Heavens Increased Itself Locust Merchants Multiplied Multiply Skies Sky Spoileth Spreadeth Spreads Stars Strip Stripped Strips Traders WingsNahum 3 1. The destruction of Nineveh.You have multiplied your merchants This phrase highlights the economic prosperity and commercial expansion of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. The Hebrew root for "merchants" is "סֹחֵר" (socher), which refers to traders or those engaged in commerce. Historically, Nineveh was a bustling trade center, strategically located along major trade routes. This prosperity, however, is depicted as excessive and ultimately detrimental, as it reflects a focus on material wealth over spiritual or moral integrity. The multiplication of merchants symbolizes the city's greed and reliance on economic power, which, from a conservative Christian perspective, serves as a warning against the dangers of prioritizing wealth over righteousness. more than the stars of the sky The young locust strips the land and flies away Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You have multipliedהִרְבֵּית֙ (hir·bêṯ) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great your merchants רֹֽכְלַ֔יִךְ (rō·ḵə·la·yiḵ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 7402: To travel for, trading more than the stars מִכּוֹכְבֵ֖י (mik·kō·wḵ·ḇê) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3556: A star, a prince of the sky. הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם (haš·šā·mā·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky The young locust יֶ֥לֶק (ye·leq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3218: A devourer, the young locust strips the land פָּשַׁ֖ט (pā·šaṭ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6584: To strip off, make a dash, raid and flies away. וַיָּעֹֽף׃ (way·yā·‘ōp̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5774: To fly, to faint Links Nahum 3:16 NIVNahum 3:16 NLT Nahum 3:16 ESV Nahum 3:16 NASB Nahum 3:16 KJV Nahum 3:16 BibleApps.com Nahum 3:16 Biblia Paralela Nahum 3:16 Chinese Bible Nahum 3:16 French Bible Nahum 3:16 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Nahum 3:16 You have increased your merchants more than (Nah. 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