Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The Lord is righteous within her;
He will do no injustice.
Every morning He brings His justice to light;
He does not fail.
But the unjust knows no shame.

King James Version

The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

Holman Bible

The righteous Lord is in her;
He does no wrong.
He applies His justice morning by morning;
He does not fail at dawn,
yet the one who does wrong knows no shame.

International Standard Version

The righteous LORD who lives within her will do no wrong; he will bring justice to light morning by morning. He never fails, but the unjust are shameless.

A Conservative Version

LORD in the midst of her is righteous. He will not do iniquity. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He does not fail, but the unjust man knows no shame.

American Standard Version

Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

Amplified


The Lord is righteous within her;
He will do no injustice.
Every morning He brings His justice to light;
He does not fail.
But the unjust person knows no shame.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord in her is upright; he will not do evil; every morning he lets his righteousness be seen, he is unchanging; but the evil-doer has no sense of shame.

Darby Translation

The righteous Jehovah is in the midst of her: he doeth no wrong. Every morning doth he bring his judgment to light; it faileth not: but the unrighteous knoweth no shame.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah is just in her midst; he will not do iniquity: in morning by morning he will give his judgment to the light, he as not wanting; and the evil will not know shame.

King James 2000

The just LORD is in her midst; he will do no wrong: every morning does he bring his judgment to light, he fails not; but the unjust knows no shame.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yahweh [is] righteous in her midst; he does not do wickedness. {Morning by morning} he renders his judgment; at dawn he does not fail, but an evil one knows no shame.

Modern King James verseion

The just Jehovah is in her midst; He will not act perversely. Every morning He gives His justice to the light; He fails not; but the perverse knows no shame.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But the just LORD that doth no unright, was among them, every morning showing them his law clearly, and ceased not. But the ungodly will not learn to be ashamed.

NET Bible

The just Lord resides within her; he commits no unjust acts. Every morning he reveals his justice. At dawn he appears without fail. Yet the unjust know no shame.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD, in the midst of her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn't fail, but the unjust know no shame.

The Emphasized Bible

Yahweh, the Righteous One, is in her midst, he dealeth not perversely, - Morning by morning, his justice, bringeth he forth the light, He is not found lacking, but the perverse man knoweth no shame.

Webster

The just LORD is in the midst of her; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

World English Bible

Yahweh, in the midst of her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn't fail, but the unjust know no shame.

Youngs Literal Translation

Jehovah is righteous in her midst, He doth not do perverseness, Morning by morning His judgment he giveth to the light, It hath not been lacking, And the perverse doth not know shame.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The just
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

is in the midst
קרב 
Qereb 
Usage: 226

thereof he will not do

Usage: 0

עלה עולה עולה עול עול 
`evel 
Usage: 53

בּקר 
Boqer 
Usage: 214

בּקר 
Boqer 
Usage: 214

doth he bring
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

to light
אור 
'owr 
Usage: 122

he faileth
עדר 
`adar 
Usage: 11

not but the unjust
עוּל 
`avval 
Usage: 5

References

Images Zephaniah 3:5

Prayers for Zephaniah 3:5

Context Readings

Judgment Of Jerusalem And The Nations

4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary; they have falsified the law. 5 The Lord is righteous within her;
He will do no injustice.
Every morning He brings His justice to light;
He does not fail.
But the unjust knows no shame.
6 I have caused the Gentiles to be cut off: their castles are desolate; I made their streets waste until no one passes by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man left, there is no inhabitant.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:4

The strong One, whose work is perfect: for all his ways are right; a God of truth and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

Zephaniah 3:15

The LORD has taken away thy judgments; he has cast out thine enemy; the LORD is king of Israel in the midst of thee; thou shalt not see evil any more.

Zephaniah 3:17

The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.

Genesis 18:25

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked and that the righteous should be treated as the wicked that are far from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Deuteronomy 23:14

for the LORD thy God walks in the midst of thy camp to deliver thee and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore, shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee and turn away from thee.

Job 8:3

Shall God pervert that which is right or shall the Almighty pervert justice?

Job 34:10

Therefore, hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

Job 34:17-19

Shall even he that hates judgment govern? And wilt thou condemn the Mighty One that is righteous?

Psalm 37:6

And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light and thy uprightness as the noonday.

Psalm 99:3-4

Let them praise thy great and terrible name, for it is holy.

Psalm 145:17

Tzaddi The LORD is righteous in all his ways and merciful in all his works.

Ecclesiastes 3:16-17

And moreover I saw under the sun that instead of judgment, there was wickedness; and instead of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

Isaiah 12:6

Rejoice and sing, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

Isaiah 28:19

From the time that it goes forth, it shall take you: for it shall come suddenly, by day and by night: and it shall be that the terror only causes one to understand the report.

Isaiah 33:2

O LORD, have mercy on us; we wait for thee: thou wert the strength of thy people in the beginning, be also our saving health in the time of tribulation.

Isaiah 42:3-4

He shall not break a bruised reed, nor shall he quench the smoking flax; he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

Isaiah 45:21

Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together; who caused this to be heard from the beginning and has declared it from that time, except me, the LORD? and there is no God beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is no one besides me.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the wise that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary; he wakes up early, early shall he awaken my ear, that I might hear, as the wise.

Jeremiah 3:3

Therefore the rain has been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; and thou dost have a whore's forehead, thou dost refuse to be ashamed.

Jeremiah 6:15

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? no, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush; therefore, they shall fall among those that shall fall: at the time that I visit them they shall fall, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 8:12

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among those that should fall: when I visit them, they shall fall, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David, thus hath the LORD said: Execute judgment early and deliver him that is oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor lest my fury go forth like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it because of the evil of your doings.

Lamentations 3:23

Chet They are new every morning; great is thy faith.

Ezekiel 48:35

It was round about eighteen thousand reeds: and the name of the city from that day shall be, THE LORD IS HERE.

Micah 3:11

the heads thereof judge for bribes, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they come near unto the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? No evil can come upon us.

Micah 7:9

I will bear the indignation of the LORD because I have sinned against him, until he has judged my cause and executed my judgment; he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity and cause me to behold grievance and destruction and violence before me, in addition to those that raise up strife and contention?

Zephaniah 2:1

Search yourselves and one another, O unfriendly people;

Zechariah 2:5

For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about and will be the glory in the midst of her.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout with joy, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King shall come unto thee: just, and a saviour; humble, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Luke 12:2

For there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, neither hid that shall not be known.

Romans 2:5

But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasures up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

Romans 3:26

manifesting in this time his righteousness that he only be the just one and the justifier of him that is of the faith of Jesus.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore, judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each one have praise of God.

1 Peter 1:17

And if ye invoke as Father, he who without respect of persons judges according to the work of each one, converse in fear the entire time of your sojourning here,

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