Nahum 3:17
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.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.
KJV1611 – Modern English
Your crowned are as the locusts, and your captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun arises they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Thy princes{H4502} are as the locusts,{H697} and thy marshals{H2951} as the swarms of grasshoppers,{H1462} which encamp{H2583} in the hedges{H1448} in the cold{H7135} day,{H3117} but when the sun{H8121} ariseth{H2224} they flee away,{H5074} and their place{H4725} is not known{H3045} where{H335} they are.
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Thy crowned{H4502} are as the locusts{H697}, and thy captains{H2951} as the great grasshoppers{H1462}, which camp{H2583}{(H8802)} in the hedges{H1448} in the cold{H7135} day{H3117}, but when the sun{H8121} ariseth{H2224}{(H8804)} they flee away{H5074}{(H8776)}, and their place{H4725} is not known{H3045}{(H8738)} where{H335} they are.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thy lordes are as the greshoppers, & thy captaynes as the multitude of greshoppers: which whe they be colde, remayne in ye hedges: but when the Sonne is vp, they fle awaye, and no ma can tell where they are become.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Thy princes are as the grashoppers, and thy captaines as the great grashoppers which remaine in the hedges in the colde day: but when the sunne ariseth, they flee away and their place is not knowen where they are.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Thy princes are as grashoppers, and thy rulers as great locustes, they swarme in hedges in cold weather, the sunne ariseth and they flee, and the place where they were is not knowen.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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].
Webster's Bible (1833)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Your crowned ones are like the locusts, and your scribes like the clouds of insects which take cover in the walls on a cold day, but when the sun comes up they go in flight, and are seen no longer in their place.
World English Bible (2000)
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.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Your courtiers are like locusts, your officials are like a swarm of locusts! They encamp in the walls on a cold day, yet when the sun rises, they fly away; and no one knows where they are.
Referenced Verses
- Jer 51:27 : 27 Raise a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her. Summon the kingdoms: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her. Bring up horses like swarming locusts!
- Rev 9:7 : 7 The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces.
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