Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.
WEB
You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.
YLT
Multiply thy merchants above the stars of the heavens, The cankerworm hath stripped off, and doth flee away.
DBT
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants more than the stars of the heavens; the cankerworm spreadeth himself out and flieth away.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNahum — A century after Jonah, Nineveh is still Nineveh — and Nahum's burden is the city's destruction. Three short chapters of breathtaking poetry on the fall of Assyria's capital.
- Author
- Nahum the Elkoshite (1:1)
- Date
- Between 663 BC (the fall of Thebes, 3:8) and 612 BC (Nineveh's actual fall)