Nahum 3:16 KJV

Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.

Thou and Ye

  • thou, thy one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Its utter destructionStrong-holds, even the strongest, are no defence against the judgments of God. They shall be unable to do any thing for themselves. The Chaldeans and Medes...

Thompson Chains

  • MerchantsSee the chain from Genesis 37:25 · 4 links
  • MercenariesSee the chain from 2 Samuel 10:6 · 4 links

Parallel Passages

  • Joel 1:4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Genesis 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
  • Genesis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
  • Nehemiah 9:23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
  • Jeremiah 33:22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

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Topics

  • Assyria Prophecies concerning Assyria
  • Cankerworm Sent as a judgment
  • Commerce Ninevites
  • Merchant General scriptures concerning Merchant
  • Nahum Foretells the destruction of Nineveh

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Thou hast multiplied הִרְבֵּית hirbêt רָבָה Verb · hiphil perfect, second person feminine singular
  • thy merchants רֹכְלַיִךְ rōkĕlayik רָכַל Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person feminine singular
  • above the stars מִכּוֹכְבֵי mikkôkĕbê כּוֹכָב Noun · masculine plural construct · with preposition
  • of heaven הַשָּׁמָיִם haššāmāyim שָׁמַיִם Noun · masculine plural · with the
  • the cankerworm יֶלֶק yeleq יֶלֶק Noun · masculine singular
  • spoileth פָּשַׁט pāšaṭ פָּשַׁט Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
  • and flieth away וַיָּעֹף wayyāʿōp עוּף Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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