Parallel Verses
Amplified
So the [depopulated] seacoast shall be pastures,
With [deserted] meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
New American Standard Bible
With
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.
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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Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zephaniah 2:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment Of Judah's Enemies
5
Woe (judgment is coming) to the inhabitants of the seacoast,
The nation of the Cherethites [in Philistia]!
The word of the Lord is against you,
O Canaan, land of the Philistines;
I will destroy you
So that no inhabitant will be left.
So the [depopulated] seacoast shall be pastures,
With [deserted] meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
The
To the remnant of the house of Judah;
They will pasture [their flocks] on it.
In the [deserted] houses of Ashkelon [in Philistia] they [of Judah] will lie down and rest in the evening,
For the Lord their God will care for them;
And restore their fortune [permitting them to occupy the land].
Cross References
Isaiah 5:17
Then the lambs will graze [among the ruins] as in their own pasture,
And strangers will eat in the desolate places of the [exiled] wealthy.
Isaiah 17:2
“The cities of Aroer [east of the Jordan] are deserted;
They will be [only a refuge] for flocks to lie down in,
And there will be no one to make them afraid.
Ezekiel 25:5
I will make Rabbah [your chief city] a pasture for camels and [the cities of] the Ammonites a resting place for flocks [of sheep]. And you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.”
Zephaniah 2:14-15
Flocks will lie down in her midst,
All the animals which range in herds;
Both the pelican and the short-eared owl
Will roost on the top of Nineveh’s pillars.
Birds will sing in the window,
Desolation will be on the threshold;
For He has uncovered the cedar paneling.