16 You have increased the number of your merchants

till they are more numerous than the stars in the sky,

but like locusts they strip the land

and then fly away.

16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven:

The cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.

16 Your merchants have multiplied

until they outnumber the stars.

But like a swarm of locusts,

they strip the land and fly away.

16 You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of heaven.

The locust plunders and flies away.

16 Your traders are more than the stars in the sky,

but like locusts, they strip the land and then fly away.

16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.

16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants more than the stars of the heavens; the cankerworm spreadeth himself out and flieth away.

16 You have produced more businessmen than there are stars in the sky. 

⸤They are⸥ like locusts that attack and then fly away. 

16 You have made your merchants

more numerous than the stars of the sky.

The young locust strips the land

and flies away.

16 You increased your merchants

more than the stars of the heavens.

The locust sheds its skin and flies away.

16 You have increased your merchants more than the stars of heaven;

like the locust they will shed their skin and fly away.

16 You have more traders

than the number of stars in the sky.

But like locusts they strip the land.

Then they fly away.

16 You have increased your traders more than the stars of heaven—

The creeping locust strips and flies away.