Nahum 3:17
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King James Version (modern wording)
Your crowned are as the locusts, and your captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun arises they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
Nahum 3:17 (KJV)
American Standard Version
Thy princes are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which encamp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
Nahum 3:17 (ASV)
Berean Standard Bible
Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.
Nahum 3:17 (BSB)
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What does Nahum 3:17 say?
Nahum 3:17 in modern King James wording reads: "Your crowned are as the locusts, and your captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun arises they flee away, and their place is not known where they are."
Where is Nahum 3:17 found in the Bible?
Nahum 3:17 is verse 17 of chapter 3 of the book of Nahum, in the Old Testament. Nahum has 3 chapters.
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