Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
a day of trumpet and [trumpet] blast against the fortified cities and against the high corner 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.
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.
The Emphasized Bible
day of horn, and war-shout, - against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
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.
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zephaniah 1:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judah's Impending Judgment
15 That day [will be] a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of disaster and ruination, a day of darkness and deep gloom, a day of clouds and thick clouds, 16 a day of trumpet and [trumpet] blast against the fortified cities and against the high corner towers. 17 And I will bring distress to all humankind, and they shall walk about like the blind, for they sinned against Yahweh; their blood shall be poured out like dust and their entrails like dung.
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Cross References
Isaiah 2:12-15
For [there is] a day for Yahweh of hosts against all of [the] proud and [the] lofty and against all that is lifted up and humble,
Psalm 48:12-13
Walk about Zion and circle it; count her towers.
Isaiah 32:14
For [the] palace will be forsaken, [the] {crowded city} deserted; [the] hill and [the] watchtower will become a cave forever, [the] joy of wild asses, a pasture {for} flocks.
Isaiah 59:10
We grope like the blind [along] a wall, and we grope {as without} eyes. We stumble at noon as [in] the twilight; among the strong [we are] like the dead.
Jeremiah 4:19-20
My bowels, my bowels! I writhe! The walls of my heart! My heart is restless within me, I cannot keep silent, for I hear [in] my inner self the sound of a horn, [the] alarm of war.
Jeremiah 6:1
Flee for safety, children of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem. And in Tekoa blow a horn, and on Beth-haccherem lift up a signal, for evil looks down from [the] north, and a great destruction.
Jeremiah 8:16
"From Dan is heard the snorting of their horses, from the sound of the neighing of their stallions all the land quakes, for they come and devour the land, and that which fills [the] city, and [those who] live in it.
Hosea 5:8
Blow the {horn} in Gibeah, [the] trumpet in Ramah. Sound the alarm [in] Beth-aven; [look] behind you, Benjamin.
Hosea 8:1
[Put] to your lips [the] trumpet like a vulture over the house of Yahweh, because they have {broken my covenant} and rebelled against my law.
Amos 3:6
Or is a horn blown in a city and people are not afraid? Or does a disaster occur in the city and Yahweh has not done [it]?
Habakkuk 1:6-10
For look! I am raising up the Chaldeans, the bitter and impetuous nation, the one who walks through the spacious places of earth to take possession of dwellings not belonging to it.
Habakkuk 3:6
He stood and measured the earth; he looked and made the nations tremble. Then the mountains of old were shattered; the hills of old collapsed. The ways of old belong to him.