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Nahum 3:17
American Standard Version
Nahum 3:17
American Standard Version
17 Thy princes are as the locusts, and thy [a]marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which encamp in the [b]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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- Nahum 3:17 Or, scribes
- Nahum 3:17 Or, walls
Nahum 3:17
New International Version
Nahum 3:17
New International Version
17 Your guards are like locusts,(A)
your officials like swarms of locusts
that settle in the walls on a cold day—
but when the sun appears they fly away,
and no one knows where.
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