Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Thou hast multiplied thy merchandises above the stars of heaven: the bruchus hath spread himself and flown away. above. Genesis 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be. Genesis 22:17 I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the sea shore; thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies. Nehemiah 9:23 And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them to the land concerning which thou hadst said to their fathers, that they should go in and possess it. Jeremiah 33:22 As the stars of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea be measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites my ministers. spoileth. Context Judgment Against Nineveh…15There shall the fire devour thee: thou shalt perish by the sword, it shall devour thee like the bruchus: assemble together like the bruchus, make thyself many like the locust. 16Thou hast multiplied thy merchandises above the stars of heaven: the bruchus hath spread himself and flown away.17Thy guards are like the locusts: and thy little ones like the locusts of locusts which swarm on the hedges in the day of cold: the sun arose, and they flew away, and their place was not known where they were.… Cross References Psalm 105:34 He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number. Isaiah 23:8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, that was formerly crowned, whose merchants were princes, and her traders the nobles of the earth? Joel 1:4 That which the palmerworm hath left, the locust hath eaten: and that which the locust hath left, the bruchus hath eaten: and that which the bruchus hath left, the mildew hath destroyed. Lexicon You have multipliedהִרְבֵּית֙ (hir·bêṯ) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7235: To be or become much, many or great your merchants רֹֽכְלַ֔יִךְ (rō·ḵə·la·yiḵ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7402: To travel for, trading more than the stars מִכּוֹכְבֵ֖י (mik·kō·wḵ·ḇê) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 3556: A star, a prince of the sky. הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם (haš·šā·mā·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8064: Heaven, sky The young locust יֶ֥לֶק (ye·leq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3218: A devourer, the young locust strips the land פָּשַׁ֖ט (pā·šaṭ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6584: To strip off, make a dash, raid and flies away. וַיָּעֹֽף׃ (way·yā·‘ōp̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5774: To fly, to faint Additional Translations You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.You have multiplied your merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoils, and flees away. Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away. Thou hast multiplied thy merchandise beyond the stars of heaven: the palmerworm has attacked it, and has flown away. Thou hast multiplied thy merchants more than the stars of the heavens; the cankerworm spreadeth himself out and flieth away. Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away. Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm spoileth, and flieth away. You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips, and flees away. Multiply thy merchants above the stars of the heavens, The cankerworm hath stripped off, and doth flee away. Jump to Previous Cankerworm Canker-Worm Creeping Flee Flees Fleeth Flies Flieth Grasshopper Heaven Heavens Increased Itself Locust Merchants Multiplied Multiply Skies Sky Spoileth Spreadeth Spreads Stars Strip Stripped Strips Traders WingsJump to Next Cankerworm Canker-Worm Creeping Flee Flees Fleeth Flies Flieth Grasshopper Heaven Heavens Increased Itself Locust Merchants Multiplied Multiply Skies Sky Spoileth Spreadeth Spreads Stars Strip Stripped Strips Traders WingsLinks Nahum 3:16 NIVNahum 3:16 NLT Nahum 3:16 ESV Nahum 3:16 NASB Nahum 3:16 KJV Nahum 3:16 Bible Apps Nahum 3:16 Biblia Paralela Nahum 3:16 Chinese Bible Nahum 3:16 French Bible Nahum 3:16 German Bible Alphabetical: and are away but creeping flies fly have heaven-The increased land like locust locusts merchants more number of sky stars strip strips than the then they till traders You your OT Prophets: Nahum 3:16 You have increased your merchants more than (Nah. Na) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |