Nahum 3:17 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

ASV Byzantine Text

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.

Asang Khongca Bible

Nangcae toepkung angraengnawk loe pakhu baktiah oh o, nangcae han misatuh angraengnawk loe angqai na niah tapang ah kacuk, pakhunawk baktiah oh o; toe ni bet naah loe kalah bangah azawk o boih, nihcae ohhaih ahmuen to mi mah doeh panoek ai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Na taengom rhoek te kaisih banghui ni. Na rhalboei rhoek khaw yuet banghui ni. Yuet he khosik hnin ah tah tanglung dongah rhaeh dae, khomik a thoeng nen tah poeng sumsoek tih a hmuen mela a om khaw mingpha pawh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Na taengom rhoek te kaisih banghui ni. Na rhalboei rhoek khaw yuet banghui ni. Yuet he khosik hnin ah tah tanglung dongah rhaeh dae, khomik a thoeng nen tah poeng sumsoek tih a hmuen mela a om khaw mingpha pawh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ua like kou poe alii me na uhini, A o kou poe lunakoa e like me na uhini nui loa, Ka mea e kau ana ma ka papohaku i ka la anu, A puka mai ka la, lele aku lakou, aole i ikeia ko lakou wahi.

English 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.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Sòlda ou yo ak moun k'ap travay pou ou yo pral tankou yon bann krikèt ki poze sou raje lè fredi. Leve solèy la leve, y' ale. Pesonn pa konnen kote yo fè.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Custodes tui quasi locustæ, et parvuli tui quasi locustæ locustarum, quæ considunt in sepibus in die frigoris: sol ortus est, et avolaverunt, et non est cognitus locus earum ubi fuerint.

Bible in Basic English

Your crowned ones are like the locusts, and your scribes like the clouds of insects which take cover in the walls on a cold day, but when the sun comes up they go in flight, and are seen no longer in their place.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Tes hommes d’élite sont comme les sauterelles, et tes capitaines sont comme une nuée de gobs qui campent dans les haies au frais du jour ; le soleil se lève, ils s’envolent, et on ne connaît pas le lieu où ils sont.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Znamenití tvoji jako kobylky, a hejtmané tvoji jako velicí chroustové, kteříž se kladou vojensky po plotích v čas studena. Slunce vzešlo, tožť letí, aniž znáti místa jejich, kde byli.

Kosraean Bible

Mwet leum lom uh oana sie u in won locust su kaukya pesinka uh ke len mihsrisr uh. Na ke faht uh sikyak, elos sohkelik ac wangin mwet etu yen elos som nu we!

World Portuguese Bible

Os seus guardas são como os gafanhotos, e os seus oficiais como os enxames de gafanhotos, que pousam nos muros num dia frio, mas quando o sol aparece, eles fogem, e não se sabe o lugar onde estão.

Romanian BTF Bible

Încoronaţii tăi sunt ca lăcustele și căpeteniile tale precum cosașii mari, care se așază pe îngrădituri în ziua rece, dar când soarele răsare ei zboară și nu se cunoaște locul unde sunt.

Brenton English Septuagint

Thy mixed multitude has suddenly departed as the grasshopper, as the locust perched on a hedge in a frosty day; the sun arises, and it flies off, and knows not its place: woe to them!

Burmese Common Language Bible

သင်၏အစောင့်များနှင့်မှူးမတ်များသည်ချမ်း ဧချိန်ညဥ့်အခါနံရံများတွင်နားနေပြီး လျှင် နေထွက်သည်နှင့်ပျံထွက်သွားသဖြင့် အဘယ်အရပ်သို့ရောက်ရှိနေမှန်းမသိရ သည့်ကျိုင်းကောင်အုပ်နှင့်တူကြ၏။

Darby Translation

Thy chosen men are as the locusts, and thy captains as swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day: when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Deine Auserlesenen sind wie die Heuschrecken, und deine Kriegsobersten wie Heuschreckenschwärme, die sich an den Zäunen lagern am Tage des Frostes: geht die Sonne auf, so entfliehen sie, und man weiß ihre Stätte nicht; wo sind sie?

Dutch Bible 1917

Uw gekroonden zijn als de sprinkhanen, en uw krijgsoversten als de grote kevers, die zich in de heiningmuren legeren in de koude der dagen; wanneer de zon opgaat, zo vliegen zij weg, alzo dat hun plaats onbekend is, waar zij geweest zijn.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Uw leiders zijn als de sprinkhaan, uw beambten een zwerm, Die als het koud is, in de muren gaan schuilen; Maar komt de zon, dan vliegen ze heen: Men kent de plaats niet, waar ze blijven!

Italian Diodati Bible

I tuoi coronati son come locuste, e i tuoi capitani son come le maggiori locuste, che si accampano nelle chiusure, in tempo di freddo; e quando il sole è levato, si dileguano, e non si riconosce più il loro luogo, dove erano.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Thy guards are like the locusts: and thy little ones like the locusts of locusts which swarm on the hedges in the day of cold: the sun arose, and they flew away, and their place was not known where they were.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thy princes are as the grashoppers, and thy captaines as the great grashoppers which remaine in the hedges in the colde day: but when the sunne ariseth, they flee away and their place is not knowen where they are.

Noyes Bible

Thy princes are like locusts, And thy captains like swarms of locusts, Which encamp in the hedges in the time of cold; But when the sun ariseth, they flee away, And the place is not known where they are.

Danish Bible 1931

Dine Fogeder er som Græshopper, dine Tipsarer* som Græshoppesværme; de lejrer sig i Hegn, når Dagen er sval; men når Solen står op, er de borte, man ved ej hvor. { [*se til Jer. 51, 27.] }

Leeser Tanakh

Thy crowned ones are like the locusts, and thy leaders like the swarms of locusts, which camp in the hedges on a cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the walls in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

King James Version

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Các quan trưởng ngươi như cào cào, các quan tướng ngươi như bầy châu chấu đậu trên hàng rào trong khi trời lạnh, đến chừng mặt trời mọc, nó đi mất, người ta không biết nó ở đâu.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku tatau ho ngaahi tuʻi mo e fanga heʻe, mo hoʻo kau pule mo e fanga heʻe lalahi, ʻaia ʻoku nofo ʻi he ngaahi ʻā ʻi he ʻaho momoko, ka ka hopo hake ʻae laʻā ʻoku nau puna atu, pea ʻoku ʻikai ke kei ʻilo ʻa honau potu pe ʻoku nau ʻi fē.

French Ostervald Bible

Tes princes sont comme des sauterelles, tes capitaines comme une multitude de sauterelles qui se posent sur les haies au temps froid; quand le soleil se lève, elles s'enfuient, et l'on ne connaît plus le lieu où elles sont.

Esperanto Bible

Viaj taĉmentoj estas kiel akridoj, kaj viaj taĉmentestroj estas kiel lokustoj, kiuj dum la malvarmo kaŝas sin en fendoj, kaj kiam la suno ekbrilas, ili disflugas tiel, ke oni ne scias, kie ili estas.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Tes princes sont comme les sauterelles, Tes chefs comme une multitude de sauterelles, Qui se posent sur les haies au temps de la froidure: Le soleil paraît, elles s’envolent, Et l’on ne connaît plus le lieu où elles étaient.

German Luther Bible 1912

Deiner Herden sind so viel wie Heuschrecken und deiner Hauptleute wie Käfer, die sich an die Zäune lagern in den kalten Tagen; wenn aber die Sonne aufgeht, heben sie sich davon, daß man nicht weiß, wo sie bleiben.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Your mixed multitude has suddenly departed as the grasshopper, as the locust perched on a hedge in a frosty day; the sun arises, and it flies off, and knows not its place: woe to them!

British English Septuagint 2012

Your mixed multitude has suddenly departed as the grasshopper, as the locust perched on a hedge in a frosty day; the sun arises, and it flies off, and knows not its place: woe to them!

Majority 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.

Webster Bible

Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which settle in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are .

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

until your watchmen are locusts, and your scribes like grasshoppers, which swarm in the hedges on a cold day; but when the sun rises they fly away, no one knows where.

Open English Bible (US)

until your watchmen are locusts, and your scribes like grasshoppers, which swarm in the hedges on a cold day; but when the sun rises they fly away, no one knows where.

Revised Version

Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of 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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

I tuoi principi son come le locuste, i tuoi ufficiali come sciami di giovani locuste, che s’accampano lungo le siepi in giorno di freddo, e quando il sole si leva volano via, e non si conosce più il posto dov’erano.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Tes gardes sont comme les sauterelles, et tes officiers comme des essaims de criquets qui se posent sur les murs par temps froid. Mais quand le soleil paraît, ils s’envolent, et l’on ne sait plus où ils sont.

Reina Valera 1909

Tus príncipes serán como langostas, y tus grandes como langostas de langostas que se sientan en vallados en día de frío: salido el sol se mudan, y no se conoce el lugar donde estuvieron.

Spanish BLL

Tus guardias son como enjambres de langostas, y tus oficiales como nubes de insectos que se posan en los muros en los días fríos; pero sale el sol, y todos huyen sin que nadie sepa a dónde se fueron.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Tus guardas son como langostas y tus capitanes como nubes de langostas que se asientan en los vallados en día de frío; pero sale el sol y vuelan, y nadie sabe dónde están.

Croatian Bible

[17a] tvoje posade neka bude kao skakavaca, a tvojih pisara kao kobilica. Borave po zidovima kad je hladan dan. Sunce grane: [16b] kukci razvijaju krilašca i lete, [17b] i odlaze tko zna kamo.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Glavari su tvoji kao skakavci i vojvode tvoje kao veliki skakavci, koji padaju po plotovima kad je studeno, a kad sunce grane, odleću, i mesto im se ne poznaje gde behu.

German Textbibel

Deine Fürsten gleichen den Heuschrecken, deine Befehlshaber einem Schwarm von Heuschrecken, die sich in kalter Zeit an den Mauern lagern; wenn die Sonne aufgeht, fliegen sie davon, und niemand weiß, wohin.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Thy mixed multitude has suddenly departed as the grasshopper, as the locust perched on a hedge in a frosty day; the sun arises, and it flies off, and knows not its place: woe to them!

Hebrew OT (WLC)

מִנְּזָרַ֨יִךְ֙ כָּֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה וְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְ כְּג֣וֹב גֹּבָ֑י הַֽחוֹנִ֤ים בַּגְּדֵרוֹת֙ בְּי֣וֹם קָרָ֔ה שֶׁ֤מֶשׁ זָֽרְחָה֙ וְנוֹדַ֔ד וְלֹֽא־נוֹדַ֥ע מְקוֹמ֖וֹ אַיָּֽם׃