Parallel Verses
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.
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.
King James 2000
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave not a bone till 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.
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 which will not hear, nor be reformed. Her trust is not in the LORD, neither will she hold her to her God. 3 Her rulers within her are as roaring lions: her judges are as wolves in the evening, which leave nothing behind them till the morrow. 4 Her prophets are light persons and unfaithful men: her priests unhallow the Sanctuary, and do wrong under the pretence of the law.
Phrases
Cross References
Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses are swifter than the cats of the mountain, and bite sorer than the wolves in the evening. Their horsemen come by great heaps from far, they flee hastily to devour as the Eagle.
Jeremiah 5:6
Wherefore a lion out of the wood shall hurt them, and a wolf in the evening shall destroy them. The cat of the mountain shall lie lurking by their cities, to tare in pieces all them that come thereout. For their offenses are many, and their departing away is great.
Job 4:8-11
For, as I have proved by experience, they that plow iniquity and sow wretchedness, reap the same.
Psalm 10:8-10
He sitteth lurking in the thievish corners of the streets, and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the innocent; his eyes are set against the poor.
Proverbs 28:15
Like as a roaring lion and a hungry bear, even so is an ungodly prince over the poor people.
Isaiah 1:23
Thy princes are traitors and companions of thieves. They love gifts altogether, and gape for rewards. As for the fatherless, they help him not to his right, neither will they let the widows causes come before them.
Jeremiah 22:17
Nevertheless, as for thine eyes and thine heart, they look upon covetousness, to shed innocent blood, and to do wrong and violence.'"
Ezekiel 22:6
Behold, the rulers of Israel have brought every man his power, to shed blood in thee.
Ezekiel 22:25-27
thy Prophets that are in thee are sworn together to devour souls, like as a roaring Lion that liveth by his prey. They receive riches and good, and make many widows in thee.
Micah 3:1-4
Hear, O ye heads of the house of Jacob, and ye leaders of the house of Israel: Should not ye know, what were lawful and right?
Micah 3:9-11
O hear this, ye rulers of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: ye that abhor the thing that is lawful, and wrest aside the thing that is straight;