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Nahum 3:15

15  There will the fire devour you;

the sword will cut you off.

It will vdevour you wlike the locust.

Multiply yourselves wlike the locust;

multiply wlike the grasshopper!

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Nahum 3:15 — The New International Version (NIV)

15 There the fire will consume you;

the sword will cut you down—

they will devour you like a swarm of locusts.

Multiply like grasshoppers,

multiply like locusts!

Nahum 3:15 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Nahum 3:15 — New Living Translation (NLT)

15 But the fire will devour you;

the sword will cut you down.

The enemy will consume you like locusts,

devouring everything they see.

There will be no escape,

even if you multiply like swarming locusts.

Nahum 3:15 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

15 There the fire will devour you,

The sword will cut you off;

It will eat you up like a locust.

Make yourself many—like the locust!

Make yourself many—like the swarming locusts!

Nahum 3:15 — New Century Version (NCV)

15 There the fire will burn you up.

The sword will kill you;

like grasshoppers eating crops, the battle will completely destroy you.

Grow in number like hopping locusts;

grow in number like swarming locusts!

Nahum 3:15 — American Standard Version (ASV)

15 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.

Nahum 3:15 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the cankerworm. Make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locust.

Nahum 3:15 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

15 Fire will consume you there. 

A sword will cut you down. 

It will consume you like locusts. 

Multiply like locusts! 

Multiply like hungry locusts! 

Nahum 3:15 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

15 The fire will devour you there;

the sword will cut you down.

It will devour you like the young locust.

Multiply yourselves like the young locust,

multiply like the swarming locust!

Nahum 3:15 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

15 There the fire will devour you,

the sword will cut you off.

It will devour you like the locust.

Multiply yourselves like the locust,

multiply like the grasshopper!

Nahum 3:15 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

15 There fire will consume you;

the sword will cut you off.

It will consume you like the locust.

Multiply yourself like the locust!

Multiply yourself like the grasshopper!

Nahum 3:15 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

15 In spite of all of your hard work,

fire will burn you up inside your city.

Your enemies will cut you down with their swords.

They will destroy you

just as grasshoppers eat up crops.

Multiply like grasshoppers!

Increase your numbers like locusts!

Nahum 3:15 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

15 There fire will consume you,

The sword will cut you down;

It will consume you as the locust does.

Multiply yourself like the creeping locust,

Multiply yourself like the swarming locust.


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