Nahum 3:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down. It will consume you like the young locusts. Multiply yourselves like locusts; increase yourselves like swarming locusts.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    There the fire shall devour you; the sword shall cut you off, it shall eat you up like the locust: make yourself many like the locust, make yourself many like the swarming locusts.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    There shall the fire{H784} devour{H398} thee; the sword{H2719} shall cut thee off;{H3772} it shall devour{H398} thee like the canker-worm:{H3218} make thyself many{H3513} as the canker-worm;{H3218} make thyself many{H3513} as the locust.{H697}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    There shall the fire{H784} devour{H398}{(H8799)} thee; the sword{H2719} shall cut thee off{H3772}{(H8686)}, it shall eat thee up{H398}{(H8799)} like the cankerworm{H3218}: make thyself many{H3513}{(H8690)} as the cankerworm{H3218}, make thyself many{H3513}{(H8690)} as the locusts{H697}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    yet the fyre shal consume the, the swerde shal destroye the, yee as ye locuste doth, so shal it eate the vp. It shal fall heuely vpon the as the locustes, yee right heuely shal it fall vpon the, euen as the greshoppers.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    There shall ye fire deuoure thee: the sword shall cut thee off: it shall eate thee vp like the locustes, though thou bee multiplied like the locustes, and multiplyed like the grashopper.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    There the fire shall deuoure thee, the sword shall cut thee of, shall deuoure as the locust, though thou be multiplied as the locust, though thou be as many as the grashopper.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    There consume thee doth a fire, Cut thee off doth a sword, It doth consume thee as a cankerworm! Make thyself heavy as the cankerworm, Make thyself heavy as the locust.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the canker-worm: make thyself many as the canker-worm; make thyself many as the locust.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the canker-worm: make thyself many as the canker-worm; make thyself many as the locust.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    There the fire will make you waste; you will be cut off by the sword: make yourself as great in number as the worms, as great in number as the locusts.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    There the fire will consume you; the sword will cut you down; it will devour you like the young locust would.The Assyrian Defenders Will Flee Multiply yourself like the young locust; multiply yourself like the flying locust!

Referenced Verses

  • Joel 1:4 : 4 What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten; and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.
  • Nah 2:13 : 13 The lion tears apart prey to feed its cubs and strangles it for its lionesses. He fills his dens with prey and his lairs with torn flesh.
  • Nah 3:13 : 13 Look, your people are like women within you. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies, and fire has consumed your bars.
  • Zeph 2:13 : 13 He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria, leaving Nineveh utterly desolate, as dry as the desert.
  • Joel 2:25 : 25 I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten—the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—my great army that I sent among you.
  • Exod 10:13-15 : 13 So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day and night. By morning, the wind had brought the locusts. 14 The locusts came up over the entire land of Egypt and settled in all the territory of the land in such large numbers that they had never been seen before, nor will they ever be seen again. 15 They covered the face of the whole land, so that it was darkened. They devoured every plant in the land, all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green remained on a tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    87%

    16 You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The young locust strips the land and flies away.

    17 Your crowned guards are like locusts, and your officials are like swarms of locusts camping in the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they flee away, and no one knows where they are.

  • Deut 28:42
    80%

    42 Swarms of insects will take possession of all your trees and the produce of your land.

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    80%

    14 The Lord of Hosts has sworn by Himself, 'Surely, I will fill you with men as numerous as locusts, and they will raise a shout of triumph over you.'

  • Isa 33:4
    79%

    4 Your plunder will be gathered like the gathering of locusts; people will swarm over it like locusts swarming.

  • Deut 28:38-39
    2 verses
    79%

    38 You will sow much seed in the field but gather little, because locusts will consume it.

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  • Isa 33:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11 You conceive chaff, you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will devour you.

    12 The peoples will be burned as if to lime, like cut thorns set ablaze in the fire.

  • Joel 1:4
    78%

    4 What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten; and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.

  • Nah 3:12-14
    3 verses
    78%

    12 All your fortresses are like fig trees with the first ripe fruit; when they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

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  • Jer 5:17
    77%

    17 They will consume your harvest and your bread, devour your sons and daughters, eat your flocks and herds, and consume your vines and fig trees. With the sword, they will destroy your fortified cities in which you trust.

  • Lev 26:38
    76%

    38 You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.

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    76%

    25 I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten—the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—my great army that I sent among you.

  • Jer 46:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22 Her voice will hiss like a serpent as they advance in force; with axes they come against her, like those who cut down trees.

    23 They will cut down her forest, declares the Lord, though it is dense. They are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.

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    76%

    14 You will eat but not be satisfied, and your emptiness will remain within you. You will store up but not save, and what you do save, I will give over to the sword.

  • Deut 28:21-22
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    76%

    21 The LORD will cause pestilence to cling to you until He has consumed you from the land that you are entering to possess.

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    75%

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    75%

    9 Your hand will find all Your enemies; Your right hand will discover those who hate You.

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    34 He spoke, and locusts came, young locusts without number.

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    75%

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    75%

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    74%

    15 The sword is outside, and the plague and famine are inside. Those in the field will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.

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    74%

    3 Before them, fire devours; behind them, flames blaze. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is a desolate wilderness—nothing escapes them.

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    74%

    18 By the wrath of the LORD Almighty, the land is scorched, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no one spares his brother.

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    74%

    14 I will make your enemies pass into a land you do not know, for a fire is kindled in My anger, and it will burn against you.

  • Isa 47:14
    74%

    14 Behold, they are like stubble; fire consumes them. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coal for warming oneself, nor fire to sit before.

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    74%

    1 This is what the Lord God showed me: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the beginning of the late crop, after the royal harvest.

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    74%

    7 Your land is desolate, your cities are burned with fire; in your presence, foreigners devour your fields. It is desolate, as if overthrown by strangers.

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    7 Will not your creditors suddenly arise? Will not those who make you tremble wake up? Then you will become their plunder.

  • Jer 5:14
    74%

    14 Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Hosts, says: Because you have said these words, I am making My words in your mouth a fire, and this people the wood it consumes.

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    74%

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  • Deut 28:25
    74%

    25 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven directions. You will become a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Hos 11:6
    74%

    6 A sword will whirl through their cities; it will destroy their gates and consume them because of their plans.

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    74%

    25 Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.

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    73%

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    73%

    18 By your many sins and your dishonest trade, you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I brought fire out from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all those watching.

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    73%

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    12 It is a fire that burns to destruction, consuming all my harvest.

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    10 Though they are entangled in thorns and drunk from their wine, they will be consumed like dry stubble.

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