And he thought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven, and number the stars, if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.
Nahum 3:16 - 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. 更多版本King 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. English Standard Version 2016 You increased your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The locust spreads its wings and flies away. |
And he thought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven, and number the stars, if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.
I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the seashore. Thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies.
And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven: and broughtest them to the land concerning which thou hadst said to their fathers, that they should go in and possess it.
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, that was formerly crowned, whose merchants were princes, and her traders the nobles of the earth?
As the stars of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea be measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant and the Levites my ministers.
That which the palmerworm hath left, the locust hath eaten: and that which the locust hath left, the bruchus hath eaten: and that which the bruchus hath left, the mildew hath destroyed.