Nahum 3:16
Nahum 3:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.
Nahum 3:15-17 The Message (MSG)
Yes, as if by locusts—a fitting fate, for you yourselves are a locust plague. You’ve multiplied shops and shopkeepers— more buyers and sellers than stars in the sky! A plague of locusts, cleaning out the neighborhood and then flying off. Your bureaucrats are locusts, your brokers and bankers are locusts. Early on, they’re all at your service, full of smiles and promises, But later when you return with questions or complaints, you’ll find they’ve flown off and are nowhere to be found.
Nahum 3:16 King James Version (KJV)
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.
Nahum 3:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
You have increased your traders more than the stars of heaven— The creeping locust strips and flies away.
Nahum 3:16 New Century Version (NCV)
Your traders are more than the stars in the sky, but like locusts, they strip the land and then fly away.
Nahum 3:16 New International Version (NIV)
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.
Nahum 3:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of heaven. The locust plunders and flies away.
Nahum 3:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
You have increased your traders more than the [visible] stars of heaven— The creeping locust strips and destroys and then flies away.