Nahum 3:15 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNahum 3:15 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
שָׁ֚ם
shâm
H8033
there
תֹּאכְלֵ֣ךְ
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
אֵ֔שׁ
ʼêsh
H784
fire
תַּכְרִיתֵ֣ךְ
kârath
H3772
to cut
חֶ֔רֶב
chereb
H2719
sword
תֹּאכְלֵ֖ךְ
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
כַּיָּ֑לֶק
yeleq
H3218
locust
הִתְכַּבֵּ֣ד
kâbad
H3513
to be heavy
כַּיֶּ֔לֶק
yeleq
H3218
locust
הִֽתְכַּבְּדִ֖י
kâbad
H3513
to be heavy
כָּאַרְבֶּֽה
ʼarbeh
H697
locust
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Fire will devour you there, and the sword will cut you off. It will devour you as the creeping locust. Multiply yourself as the creeping locust; multiply yourself as the swarming locust!
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).