Parallel Verses
World English Bible
Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.
New American Standard Bible
Her judges are
They leave nothing for the morning.
King James Version
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Holman Bible
her judges are wolves of the night,
which leave nothing for
International Standard Version
Its national officials are roaring lions; its judges are like wolves of the night that don't leave the bones for the morning.
A Conservative Version
Her rulers in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing till the morrow.
American Standard Version
Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.
Amplified
Her officials within her are roaring lions;
Her judges are [as hungry as] the wolves at evening,
They leave nothing for the morning.
Bible in Basic English
Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.
Darby Translation
Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that leave nothing for the morning.
Julia Smith Translation
Her chiefs in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges evening wolves; they laid not up for the morning.
King James 2000
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave not a bone till the morning.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Her officials in her midst [are] roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves; they leave nothing until the morning.
Modern King James verseion
Her rulers within her are roaring lions; her judges evening wolves. They do not gnaw bones for the morning.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Her rulers within her are as roaring lions: her judges are as wolves in the evening, which leave nothing behind them till the morrow.
NET Bible
Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.
New Heart English Bible
Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.
The Emphasized Bible
Her rulers in her midst, are roaring lions, - her judges, evening wolves, they have left nothing until morning!
Webster
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Youngs Literal Translation
Her heads in her midst are roaring lions, Her judges are evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.
Interlinear
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Shaphat
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zephaniah 3:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment Of Jerusalem And The Nations
2 She didn't obey the voice. She didn't receive correction. She didn't trust in Yahweh. She didn't draw near to her God. 3 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day. 4 Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.
Phrases
Cross References
Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.
Jeremiah 5:6
Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backsliding is increased.
Job 4:8-11
According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
Psalm 10:8-10
He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
Proverbs 28:15
As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
Jeremiah 22:17
But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
Ezekiel 22:6
Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
Ezekiel 22:25-27
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in its midst, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in its midst.
Micah 3:1-4
I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice?
Micah 3:9-11
Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.