KJV
ASV
16. Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.
ESV
16. You increased your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The locust spreads its wings and flies away.
ERVEN
16. You have many traders who go places and buy things. They are as many as the stars in the sky. They are like locusts that come and eat until everything is gone and then leave.
NLT
16. Your merchants have multiplied until they outnumber the stars. But like a swarm of locusts, they strip the land and fly away.
WEB
16. You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips, and flees away.
NET
16. Increase your merchants more than the stars of heaven! They are like the young locust which sheds its skin and flies away.
NLV
16. You have more traders than the stars of heaven. The locust destroys everything from the land and flies away.
HCSB
16. You have made your merchants more numerous than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips [the land] and flies away.
YLT
16. Multiply thy merchants above the stars of the heavens, The cankerworm hath stripped off, and doth flee away.
LITV
16. You have increased your merchants above the stars of the heavens; the locust larvae shall strip off and fly away.
RV
16. Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
NCV
16. Your traders are more than the stars in the sky, but like locusts, they strip the land and then fly away.
MKJV
16. You have multiplied your merchants above the stars of heaven; the locust larvae shall strip off and fly away.
AKJV
16. You have multiplied your merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoils, and flees away.
LXXEN
16. Thou hast multiplied thy merchandise beyond the stars of heaven: the palmerworm has attacked it, and has flown away.
KJV
16. Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.
AMP
16. You increased your merchants more than the [visible] stars of the heavens. The swarming locust spreads itself and destroys, and then flies away.
KJVP
16. Thou hast multiplied H7235 thy merchants H7402 above the stars H3556 of heaven H8064 D-AMP : the cankerworm H3218 spoileth H6584 , and flieth away H5774 .
YLT
16. Multiply thy merchants above the stars of the heavens, The cankerworm hath stripped off, and doth flee away.
ASV
16. Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.
WEB
16. You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips, and flees away.
NASB
16. Make your couriers more numerous than the stars,
ESV
16. You increased your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The locust spreads its wings and flies away.
RV
16. Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
RSV
16. You increased your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The locust spreads its wings and flies away.
NKJV
16. You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of heaven. The locust plunders and flies away.
MKJV
16. You have multiplied your merchants above the stars of heaven; the locust larvae shall strip off and fly away.
AKJV
16. You have multiplied your merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoils, and flees away.
NRSV
16. You increased your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The locust sheds its skin and flies away.
NIV
16. You have increased the number of your merchants till they are more than the stars of the sky, but like locusts they strip the land and then fly away.
NIRV
16. You have more traders than the number of stars in the sky. But like locusts they strip the land. Then they fly away.
NLT
16. Your merchants have multiplied until they outnumber the stars. But like a swarm of locusts, they strip the land and fly away.
MSG
16. You've multiplied shops and shopkeepers-- more buyers and sellers than stars in the sky! A plague of locusts, cleaning out the neighborhood and then flying off.
GNB
16. You produced more merchants than there are stars in the sky! But now they are gone, like locusts that spread their wings and fly away.
NET
16. Increase your merchants more than the stars of heaven! They are like the young locust which sheds its skin and flies away.
ERVEN
16. You have many traders who go places and buy things. They are as many as the stars in the sky. They are like locusts that come and eat until everything is gone and then leave.