Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, says LORD.
New American Standard Bible
From the face of the
King James Version
I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
Holman Bible
from the face of the earth
this is the Lord’s declaration.
International Standard Version
"I'll utterly sweep away everything from the land," declares the LORD.
American Standard Version
I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.
Amplified
“I will completely consume and sweep away all things
From the face of the earth [in judgment],” says the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
I will take away everything from the face of the earth, says the Lord.
Darby Translation
I will utterly take away everything from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah:
Julia Smith Translation
Taking away, I will take away all from off the face of the earth, says Jehovah
King James 2000
I will utterly consume all things from off the land, says the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"I will surely destroy everything from the face of the earth"--a declaration of Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
I will completely snatch away all from on the face of the ground, says Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will gather up all things in the land, sayeth the LORD.
NET Bible
"I will destroy everything from the face of the earth," says the Lord.
New Heart English Bible
I will utterly sweep away everything off of the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
I will take clean away everything from off the face of the ground, Declareth Yahweh.
Webster
I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
World English Bible
I will utterly sweep away everything off of the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
I utterly consume all from off the face of the ground, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zephaniah 1:2
Prayers for Zephaniah 1:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judah's Impending Judgment
1 The word of LORD which came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. 2 I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, says LORD. 3 I will consume man and beast. I will consume the birds of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked. And I will cut off man from off the face of the ground, says LORD.
Names
Cross References
2 Kings 22:16-17
Thus says LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of it, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read.
Genesis 6:7
And LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground, from man, to beast, to creeping things, and birds of the heavens, for I regret that I have made them.
2 Chronicles 36:21
to fulfill the word of LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths; as long as it lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
Isaiah 6:11
Then I said, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste,
Jeremiah 6:8-9
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee, lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.
Jeremiah 24:8-10
And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten they are so bad, surely thus says LORD: So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his rulers, and the residue of Jerusalem, who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land
Jeremiah 34:22
Behold, I will command, says LORD, and cause them to return to this city. And they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 36:29
And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shall say, Thus says LORD: Thou have burned this roll, saying, Why have thou written in it, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to ceas
Ezekiel 33:27-29
Thus shall thou say to them. Thus says lord LORD: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and he who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the stron
Micah 7:13
Yet the land shall be desolate because of those who dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.