Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
Holman Bible
with caves for shepherds and folds for sheep.
International Standard Version
The Philistine coast will become meadows for shepherds and sheep pens.
A Conservative Version
And the seacoast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.
American Standard Version
And the sea-coast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.
Amplified
So the [depopulated] seacoast shall be pastures,
With [deserted] meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
Bible in Basic English
And the land by the sea will be grass-land, with houses for keepers of sheep and walled places for flocks.
Darby Translation
and the sea-coast shall be cave-dwellings for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
Julia Smith Translation
And the region of the sea was a dwelling, and a cutting off of the shepherds and sheepfolds.
King James 2000
And the seacoast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you, O region of the sea, shall become pastures [and] meadows [for] shepherds and sheep pens [for the] flocks.
Modern King James verseion
And the sea coast will be pastures, meadows of shepherds, and folds for flocks.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And as for the sea coast, it shall be herdsmen's cottages and sheep folds:
NET Bible
The seacoast will be used as pasture lands by the shepherds and as pens for their flocks.
New Heart English Bible
The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.
The Emphasized Bible
So shall the line of the sea become a meadow, the wells of shepherds, and the folds of flocks;
Webster
And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
World English Bible
The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the sea-coast hath been habitations, Cottages for shepherds, and folds for a flock.
Themes
Desolation » Why desolation comes
Philistines » Prophecies against
Philistines » Prophecies respecting » Utter destruction by pharaoh king of egypt
Interlinear
Chebel
Naveh
Ra`ah
References
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Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zephaniah 2:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment Of Judah's Enemies
5
Woe to you inhabitants of the seacoast, you nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; and I will destroy you until no inhabitant is left.
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Cross References
Isaiah 5:17
Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture, and nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.
Isaiah 17:2
The cities of Aroer are deserted; they will be for flocks, which will lie down, and none will make them afraid.
Ezekiel 25:5
I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammona fold for flocks. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Zephaniah 2:14-15
Herds shall lie down in her midst, all kinds of beasts; even the owl and the hedgehog shall lodge in her capitals; a voice shall hoot in the window; devastation will be on the threshold; for her cedar work will be laid bare.