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Nahum 3:15

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.

KJV

Ibi comedet te ignis, peribis gladio, devorabit te ut bruchus : congregare ut bruchus, multiplicare ut locusta.

Vulgate

ἐκεῖ καταφάγεταί σε πῦρ, ἐξολεθρεύσει σε ῥομφαία, καταφάγεταί σε ὡς ἀκρίς, καὶ βαρυνθήσει ὡς βροῦχος.

LXX

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.

ASV

שָׁ֚ם תֹּאכְלֵ֣/ךְ אֵ֔שׁ תַּכְרִיתֵ֣/ךְ חֶ֔רֶב תֹּאכְלֵ֖/ךְ כַּ/יָּ֑לֶק הִתְכַּבֵּ֣ד כַּ/יֶּ֔לֶק הִֽתְכַּבְּדִ֖י כָּ/אַרְבֶּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
אַרְבֶּ֔ה
'rbh
noun · 24×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
הִכְרַתִּ֥י
hkrty
verb · 283×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
יֶּ֔לֶק
ylq
noun · 9×
ם
m
verb · 811×
נִכְבָּ֔ד
nkbd
verb · 115×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Tim 2:17 — And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
  • Amos 7:1 — Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Nah 2:13 — Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of
  • Nah 3:13 — Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.