Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Be silent before the face of the Lord Jehovah, for the day of Jehovah is at hand. For Jehovah has appointed a sacrifice; He has consecrated His called ones.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
Holman Bible
for the Day of the Lord is near.
Indeed, the Lord has prepared a sacrifice;
He has consecrated His guests.
International Standard Version
Remain silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, because the Day of the LORD approaches, and because the LORD has prepared a sacrifice for those whom he has invited to be consecrated.
A Conservative Version
Hold thy peace at the presence of lord LORD, for the day of LORD is at hand. For LORD has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.
American Standard Version
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord Jehovah; for the day of Jehovah is at hand: for Jehovah hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath consecrated his guests.
Amplified
[Hush!] Be silent before the Lord God [there is no acceptable excuse to offer]!
For the day [of the vengeance] of the Lord is near,
For the Lord has prepared a sacrifice (Judah),
He has set apart [for His use] those who have accepted His invitation [the Chaldeans who rule Babylon].
Bible in Basic English
Let there be no sound before the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is near: for the Lord has made ready an offering, he has made his guests holy.
Darby Translation
Be silent at the presence of the Lord Jehovah; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; for Jehovah hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath hallowed his guests.
Julia Smith Translation
Be silent from the face of the Lord Jehovah: for the day of Jehovah is near, for Jehovah prepared a swam he consecrated his called ones.
King James 2000
Hold your peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD has prepared a sacrifice, he has bidden his guests.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Be silent before the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh draws near, for Yahweh has provided a sacrifice and has consecrated his guests.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be still at the presence of the LORD God, for the day of the LORD is at hand: yea, the LORD hath prepared a slain offering, and called his guests thereto.
NET Bible
Be silent before the Lord God, for the Lord's day of judgment is almost here. The Lord has prepared a sacrificial meal; he has ritually purified his guests.
New Heart English Bible
Be silent at the presence of the Lord GOD, for the day of the LORD is at hand. For the LORD has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.
The Emphasized Bible
Hush! at the presence of My Lord, Yahweh, - for, near, is the day of Yahweh, for Yahweh hath prepared his sacrifice, hath hallowed his guests.
Webster
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath invited his guests.
World English Bible
Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.
Youngs Literal Translation
Hush! because of the Lord Jehovah, For near is a day of Jehovah, For prepared hath Jehovah a sacrifice, He hath sanctified His invited ones.
Themes
Entertainments » Invitations to » Often by the master in person
Topics
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Hacah
Paniym
Yowm
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Zephaniah 1:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judah's Impending Judgment
6 and those drawing back from Jehovah, and who have not sought Jehovah, nor asked for Him. 7 Be silent before the face of the Lord Jehovah, for the day of Jehovah is at hand. For Jehovah has appointed a sacrifice; He has consecrated His called ones. 8 And it shall be in the day of Jehovah's sacrifice, I will punish the rulers, and the king's sons, and all who are clothed in foreign clothing.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 34:6
The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood; it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
Jeremiah 46:10
For this is the day of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, a day of vengeance, that He may avenge Himself of His foes. And the sword shall devour, and it shall be filled and made drunk with their blood, for the Lord Jehovah of Hosts has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Habakkuk 2:20
But Jehovah is in His holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before Him.
Zephaniah 1:14
The great day of Jehovah is near; it is near and rushing greatly, the voice of the day of Jehovah. The mighty man shall cry bitterly there.
1 Samuel 16:5
And he said, Peaceably. I have come to sacrifice to Jehovah. Sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
Zechariah 2:13
Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah; for He has risen out of His holy dwelling place.
Isaiah 2:12
For the day of Jehovah of Hosts shall be on every proud and lofty one, and on every lifted up one; and he shall be brought low,
Isaiah 13:6
Howl! For the day of Jehovah is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
1 Samuel 2:9-10
He keeps the feet of his saints, and the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
1 Samuel 20:26
And Saul did not speak anything that day. For he thought, Something has happened to him; he is not clean. Surely he is not clean.
Job 40:4-5
Behold, I am vile! What shall I answer You? I will lay my hand on my mouth.
Psalm 46:10
Be still, and know that I am God! I will be praised among the nations, I will be praised in the earth.
Psalm 76:8-9
You cause judgment to be heard from Heaven; the earth feared and was still,
Proverbs 9:1-6
Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars;
Isaiah 6:5
Then I said, Woe is me! For I am undone; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of Hosts.
Ezekiel 7:7
The encirclement has come to you, O dwellers of the land. The time has come, the day of tumult is near, and not a shout of the mountains.
Ezekiel 7:10
Behold the day! Behold, it has come; the encirclement has gone out; the rod has blossomed; pride has budded.
Ezekiel 39:17-20
And you, son of man, So says the Lord Jehovah. Speak to the bird of every wing, and to every beast of the field: Gather yourselves and come; gather yourselves from all around to My sacrifice that I sacrifice for you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, so that you may eat flesh and drink blood.
Joel 2:1-2
Blow a ram's horn in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble. For the day of Jehovah comes, for it is near at hand;
Joel 2:11
And Jehovah shall utter His voice before His army; for His camp is very great; for strong is He who does His Word. For the day of Jehovah is great and very terrible; and who can stand it?
Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of Jehovah.
Amos 5:18-20
Woe to those desiring the day of Jehovah! What is this for you? The day of Jehovah is darkness and not light;
Amos 6:10
And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he who burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say to him left in the recesses of the house, Are any still with you? And he shall say, No. Then he shall say, Hush! For not one shall mention the name of Jehovah.
Malachi 4:1
For behold, the day is coming, burning like a fire pot; and all the proud, and every doer of wickedness, shall be chaff. And the coming day will set them ablaze, says Jehovah of Hosts, which will not leave root or branches to them.
Matthew 22:4
Again he sent out other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage.
Luke 14:16-17
And He said to him, A certain man made a great supper and invited many.
Romans 3:19
But we know that whatever things the Law says, it says to those who are under the Law; so that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be under judgment before God,
Romans 9:20
No, but, O man, who are you who replies against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me this way?
Philippians 4:5
Let your moderation be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
Colossians 1:12
giving thanks to the Father, who has made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.
2 Peter 3:10-12
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat. And the earth and the works in it will be burned up.
Revelation 19:17-18
And I saw one angel standing in the sun. And he cried with a great voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come and gather together to the supper of the great God,