Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone. All those who were laden with silver are cut off.
New American Standard Bible
For all the
All who weigh out
King James Version
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
Holman Bible
for all the merchants
all those loaded with silver will be cut off.
International Standard Version
"Wail, you who live in the market district, because all of the merchants will be crushed and all of their customers will be eliminated.
American Standard Version
Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh; for all the people of Canaan are undone; all they that were laden with silver are cut off.
Amplified
“Wail [in anguish], you inhabitants of the
For all the merchants of Canaan will be silenced and destroyed;
All who weigh out silver will be cut off.
Bible in Basic English
Because of the downfall of all the people of Canaan: all those who were weighted down with silver have been cut off.
Darby Translation
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh; for all the people of Canaan are cut down, all they that are laden with silver are cut off.
Julia Smith Translation
Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan were destroyed; all lifting up silver were cut off.
King James 2000
Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that trade with silver are cut off.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The inhabitants of the Mortar shall wail, for all the traders have perished; all who trade with silver have been cut off.
Modern King James verseion
Howl, people of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are cut down; all those who carry silver are cut off.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Howl, ye that dwell in the mill! For all the merchant people are gone, and all they that were laden with silver, are rooted out.
NET Bible
Wail, you who live in the market district, for all the merchants will disappear and those who count money will be removed.
New Heart English Bible
Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone. All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.
The Emphasized Bible
Howl, ye inhabitants of the lower city, - because destroyed are all the people of traffic, cut off are all they who were laden with silver.
Webster
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
World English Bible
Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.
Youngs Literal Translation
Howl, ye inhabitants of the hollow place, For cut off hath been all the merchant people, Cut off have been all bearing silver.
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zephaniah 1:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judah's Impending Judgment
10 And in that day, says LORD, there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills. 11 Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone. All those who were laden with silver are cut off. 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their lees, who say in their heart, LORD will not do good, nor will he do evil.
Cross References
James 5:1
Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching.
Nehemiah 3:31-32
After him Malchijah one of the goldsmiths to the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, repaired opposite the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the corner.
Jeremiah 25:34
Wail, ye shepherds, and cry. And wallow, ye principal men of the flock. For the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions have fully come, and ye shall fall like a goodly vessel.
Ezekiel 21:12
Cry and wail, son of man, for it is upon my people. It is upon all the rulers of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Smite therefore upon thy thigh.
Hosea 9:6
For, lo, they have gone away from destruction, [yet] Egypt shall gather them up. Memphis shall bury them. Their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them. Thorns shall be in their tents.
Hosea 12:7-8
[He is] a Canaanite. The balances of deceit are in his hand. He loves to oppress.
Joel 1:5
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.
Joel 1:13
Gird yourselves [with sackcloth], and lament, ye priests. Wail, ye ministers of the altar. Come, lay all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God. For the meal-offering and the drink-offering are withheld from the house of your G
Zechariah 11:2-3
Wail, O fir tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the fine ones are destroyed. Wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down.
John 2:16
And he said to those who sell the doves, Take these things from here. Make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.
Revelation 18:11-18
And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her, because no man buys their merchandise any more,