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.
Nahum 3:16 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You increased your merchants more than the [visible] stars of the heavens. The swarming locust spreads itself and destroys, and then flies away. American Standard Version (1901) Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away. Common English Bible You boasted more traders than the heavens have stars. The locust sheds its skin and flies 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou hast multiplied thy merchandises above the stars of heaven: the bruchus hath spread himself and flown away. |
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.
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 seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
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.
He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that without number,
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.