Nahum 3:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNahum 3:17 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 →
מִנְּזָרַ֨יִךְ֙
minnᵉzâr
H4502
anointed ones
כָּֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה
ʼarbeh
H697
locust
וְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְ
ṭiphçar
H2951
scribe
כְּג֣וֹב
gôwb
H1462
locusts
גֹּבָ֑י
gôwb
H1462
locusts
הַֽחוֹנִ֤ים
chânâh
H2583
to encamp
בַּגְּדֵרוֹת֙
gᵉdêrâh
H1448
wall
בְּי֣וֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
קָרָ֔ה
qârâh
H7135
cold
שֶׁ֤מֶשׁ
shemesh
H8121
sun
זָֽרְחָה֙
zârach
H2224
to rise
וְנוֹדַ֔ד
nâdad
H5074
to flee
וְלֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
נוֹדַ֥ע
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
מְקוֹמ֖וֹ
mâqôwm
H4725
place
אַיָּֽם
ʼay
H335
where
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World English Bible Public Domain
Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
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King James Version Public Domain
Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Your guards like the locust, and your generals, like a swarm of locusts, the ones settling on the walls on a cold day. The sun shines and it flies away and its place is not known where they are.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).