And he brought him forth outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall your descendants be.
Nahum 3:16 - King James 2000 You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of heaven: the locust plunders, and flies away. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall your descendants be.
That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;
Their children also you multiplied as the stars of heaven, and brought them into the land, concerning which you had promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
He spoke, and the locusts came, and young locusts, and that without number,
Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traders 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 descendants of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
That which the cutting locust has left has the swarming locust eaten; and that which the swarming locust has left has the crawling locust eaten; and that which the crawling locust has left has the consuming locust eaten.