Nahum 3:16
“Thou hast multiplied thy merchants aboue the starres of heauen; the cankerworme spoileth & flieth away.”
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Nahum 3:16 Context
14Draw thee waters for the siege: fortifie thy strong holdes, goe into clay, and tread the morter: make strong the bricke-kill. 15There shall the fire deuoure thee: the sword shall cut thee off: it shall eate thee vp like the cankerworme: make thy selfe many as the cankerworme, make thy selfe many as the locusts. 16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants aboue the starres of heauen; the cankerworme spoileth & flieth away. 17The crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grashoppers which campe in the hedges in the cold day: but when the Sunne ariseth, they flee away, and their place is not knowen where they are. 18Thy shepheards slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered vpon the mountaines, & no man gathereth them.
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Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
- King James Version
You have increased your traders more than the stars of heaven-- The creeping locust strips and flies away.
- New American Standard Version (1995)