Nahum 3:17

New King James Version

¹⁷^(A)Your commanders are like swarming locusts,
And your generals like great grasshoppers,
Which camp in the hedges on a cold day;
When the sun rises they flee away,
And the place where they are is not known.

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Nahum 3:17

English Standard Version

¹⁷Your ^(A)princes^[a] are ^(B)like grasshoppers,
    ^(C)your scribes^[b] like clouds of locusts
settling on the fences
    in a day of cold—
when the sun rises, they fly away;
    no one knows where they are.

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Footnotes

Nahum 3:17 Or guards
Nahum 3:17 Or marshals

Nahum 3:17

New International Version

¹⁷Your 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.