KJV King James Version
Thy crowned [are] as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, [but] when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they [are].
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Nahum 3:17
Thy crowned [are] as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, [but] when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they [are].
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.
WEB World English Bible
Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
ASV American Standard Version
Thy princes are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which encamp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thy crowned ones are as a locust, And thy princes as great grasshoppers, That encamp in hedges in a day of cold, The sun hath risen, and it doth flee away, And not known is its place where they are.
Surrounding context — Nahum 3
14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
17 Thy crowned [are] as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, [but] when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they [are].
18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell [in the dust]: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth [them].
19 [There is] no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
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מִנְּזָרַ֙יִךְ֙H4502 · min.n.zarprinceכָּֽאַרְבֶּ֔הH697 · ar.behlocustוְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְH2951 · tiph.sarofficialכְּג֣וֹבH1462 · govlocustגֹּבָ֑יH1462 · govlocustהַֽחוֹנִ֤יםH2583 · cha.nahto campבַּגְּדֵרוֹת֙H1448 · ge.de.rahwallבְּי֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayקָרָ֔הH7135 · qa.rahcoldשֶׁ֤מֶשׁH8121 · she.meshsunזָֽרְחָה֙H2224 · za.rachto riseוְנוֹדַ֔דH5074 · na.dadto wanderוְלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotנוֹדַ֥עH3045 · ya.dato knowמְקוֹמ֖וֹH4725 · ma.qomplaceאַיָּֽם׃H335 · aywhere?
Cross-references
Revelation 9:7And the shapes of the locusts [were] like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads [were] as it were crowns like gold, and their faces [were] as the faces of men.Jeremiah 51:27Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
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