Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
day of horn, and war-shout, - against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
New American Standard Bible
Against the
And the high corner towers.
King James Version
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
Holman Bible
against the fortified cities,
and against the high corner towers.
International Standard Version
a day of trumpet and battle cry against fortified cites and watch towers.
A Conservative Version
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
American Standard Version
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
Amplified
A day of trumpet and the battle cry [of invaders]
Against the fortified cities
And against the high corner towers (battlements).
Bible in Basic English
A day of sounding the horn and the war-cry against the walled towns and the high towers.
Darby Translation
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fenced cities and against the high battlements.
Julia Smith Translation
A day of the trumpet and loud noise against the fortified cities, and against the high pinnacles.
King James 2000
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
Lexham Expanded Bible
a day of trumpet and [trumpet] blast against the fortified cities and against the high corner towers.
Modern King James verseion
a day of the ram's horn and alarm against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
a day of the noise of trumpets and shawmes, against the strong cities and high towers.
NET Bible
a day of trumpet blasts and battle cries. Judgment will fall on the fortified cities and the high corner towers.
New Heart English Bible
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
Webster
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
World English Bible
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
Youngs Literal Translation
A day of trumpet and shouting against the fenced cities, And against the high corners.
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zephaniah 1:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judah's Impending Judgment
15 A day of indignation, - that day! day of danger and distress, day of rush, and of crash, day of obscurity, and deep gloom, day of cloud, and thick darkness; 16 day of horn, and war-shout, - against the fortified cities, and against the high towers. 17 And I will bring distress to mankind, and they shall walk like them who are blind, because, against Yahweh, have they sinned, - and their blood, shall be poured out, as dust, and their bowels like dung.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 2:12-15
For, a day of Yahweh of hosts, shall be - Upon every one who is high and lofty, - And upon every one who is lifted up, And he shall be brought low;
Psalm 48:12-13
Go round Zion, and compass her about, Reckon up her towers;
Isaiah 32:14
For the palace, is abandoned, the tumult of the city, hath ceased - Hill and watch-tower, serve as caves, unto times age-abiding, The joy of wild-asses, The pasture of flocks: -
Isaiah 59:10
We grope, as blind men for a wall, Yea, as men without eyes, do we grope, - We have stumbled at broad noon as though it were twilight, In desolate places like the dead!
Jeremiah 4:19-20
My bowels! My bowels! I am pained in the walls of my heart My heart beateth aloud to me I cannot be still! For the sound of a horn, hast thou heard O my soul, The loud shout of war!
Jeremiah 6:1
Take your goods into safety, ye sons of Benjamin out of the midst of Jerusalem, And in Tekoa, blow ye a horn, And on Beth-haccherem, raise a fire-signal, - For calamity, hath looked out from the North, Even a great destruction.
Jeremiah 8:16
From Dan, was heard the snorting of his horses At the sound of the neighing of his chargers, the whole land trembled, - Yea they came in and did sat up The land and the fulness thereof, The city, and them who were dwelling therein.
Hosea 5:8
Blow ye a horn in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, - sound an alarm at Beth-aven, behind thee, O Benjamin!
Hosea 8:1
To thy mouth, with a horn! Like an eagle, on the house of Yahweh, - because they have violated my covenant, and, against my law, have they transgressed.
Amos 3:6
Or a horn be blown in a city, and, a people, not tremble? Or calamity happen in a city, and, Yahweh, not have wrought with effect?
Habakkuk 1:6-10
For, behold me! raising up the Chaldeans, the bitter and headlong nation, - that marcheth to the breadths of the earth, to take possession of habitations, not his.
Habakkuk 3:6
He hath stood and measured the earth, he hath looked, and caused nations to tremble, and, scattered as dust, are the perpetual mountains, and, sunk, are the age-abiding hills, - Forthgoings age-abiding, are his.