Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave not a bone till the morning.
New American Standard Bible
Her judges are
They leave nothing for the morning.
King James Version
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Holman Bible
her judges are wolves of the night,
which leave nothing for
International Standard Version
Its national officials are roaring lions; its judges are like wolves of the night that don't leave the bones for the morning.
A Conservative Version
Her rulers in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing till the morrow.
American Standard Version
Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.
Amplified
Her officials within her are roaring lions;
Her judges are [as hungry as] the wolves at evening,
They leave nothing for the morning.
Bible in Basic English
Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.
Darby Translation
Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that leave nothing for the morning.
Julia Smith Translation
Her chiefs in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges evening wolves; they laid not up for the morning.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Her officials in her midst [are] roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves; they leave nothing until the morning.
Modern King James verseion
Her rulers within her are roaring lions; her judges evening wolves. They do not gnaw bones for the morning.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Her rulers within her are as roaring lions: her judges are as wolves in the evening, which leave nothing behind them till the morrow.
NET Bible
Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.
New Heart English Bible
Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.
The Emphasized Bible
Her rulers in her midst, are roaring lions, - her judges, evening wolves, they have left nothing until morning!
Webster
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
World English Bible
Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.
Youngs Literal Translation
Her heads in her midst are roaring lions, Her judges are evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.
Interlinear
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Shaphat
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zephaniah 3:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment Of Jerusalem And The Nations
2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave not a bone till the morning. 4 Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous persons: her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
Phrases
Cross References
Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen press proudly on, their horsemen shall come from afar; they shall fly as the eagle that hastens to eat.
Jeremiah 5:6
Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the desert shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: everyone that goes out there shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Job 4:8-11
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Psalm 10:8-10
He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places does he murder the innocent: his eyes are secretly set against the poor.
Proverbs 28:15
As a roaring lion, and a charging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come before them.
Jeremiah 22:17
But your eyes and your heart are for nothing but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
Ezekiel 22:6
Behold, the princes of Israel, each one in you used his power to shed blood.
Ezekiel 22:25-27
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in her midst.
Micah 3:1-4
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and you rulers of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
Micah 3:9-11
Hear this, I pray you, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.