Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
I will utterly take away everything from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah:
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.
A Conservative Version
I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, says 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.
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 Jehovah that came unto 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 take away everything from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah: 3 I will take away man and beast; I will take away the fowl of the heavens and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked, and I will cut off mankind from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.
Names
Cross References
2 Kings 22:16-17
Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place and upon the inhabitants thereof, all the words of the book that the king of Judah hath read.
Genesis 6:7
And Jehovah said, I will destroy Man, whom I have created, from the earth from man to cattle, to creeping things, and to fowl of the heavens; for I repent that I have made them.
2 Chronicles 36:21
to fulfil the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath, to fulfil seventy years.
Isaiah 6:11
And I said, Lord, how long? And he said, Until the cities be wasted, without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land become an utter desolation,
Jeremiah 6:8-9
Be thou instructed, 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 for badness, surely, thus saith Jehovah: So will I make Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt.
Jeremiah 34:22
Behold, I command, saith Jehovah, and I will 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 thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from it man and beast?
Ezekiel 33:27-29
Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, verily they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
Micah 7:13
But the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.