Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
I will completely snatch away all from on the face of the ground, says 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.
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 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 which came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. 2 I will completely snatch away all from on the face of the ground, says Jehovah. 3 I will snatch away man and beast; I will snatch away the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks, even the wicked; and I will cut off man from the face of the earth, says Jehovah.
Names
Cross References
2 Kings 22:16-17
So says Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil on this place and on the people of it, all the Words of the Book which the king of Judah has read;
Genesis 6:7
And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created, from the face of the earth, both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air. For I repent that I have made them.
2 Chronicles 36:21
to fulfill the Word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. All the days of the desolation it kept the sabbath, to the full measure of seventy years.
Isaiah 6:11
Then I said, Lord, how long? And He answered, Until the cities are wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land laid waste, a desolation,
Jeremiah 6:8-9
O Jerusalem, you must be instructed, lest My soul depart from you; lest I make you desolate, a land without people.
Jeremiah 24:8-10
And like the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad; surely so says Jehovah, So I will give to Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his rulers, and the rest of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt;
Jeremiah 34:22
Behold, I will command, says Jehovah, and cause them to return to this city. And they shall fight against it and capture it, and burn it with fire. And I will make the cities of Judah a desert without a soul to live in it.
Jeremiah 36:29
And you shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, So says Jehovah: You have burned this scroll, saying, Why have you written in it, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause man and beast to cease from there?
Ezekiel 33:27-29
Speak to them in this way, So says the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and I will give him who is in the open field to the beasts to be eaten up, and those in the forts and in the caves shall die of the plague.
Micah 7:13
But the land shall be wasted because of those who dwell in it, for the fruit of their doings.