Parallel Verses
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.
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
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.
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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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zephaniah 3:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment Of Jerusalem And The Nations
2 It won't obey anyone. It won't accept discipline. It does not trust in the LORD. It does not approach God. 3 Its national officials are roaring lions; its judges are like wolves of the night that don't leave the bones for the morning. 4 Its prophets are arrogant and treacherous. Its priests have contaminated the sanctuary. They give perverse interpretations of the Law.
Phrases
Cross References
Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses are swifter than leopards, and more cunning than wolves that attack at night. Their horsemen are galloping as they approach from far away. They swoop in like ravenous vultures.
Jeremiah 5:6
Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the desert will devastate them. A leopard is watching their towns, and everyone who goes out of them will be torn to pieces. For their transgressions are many, and their apostasies numerous.
Job 4:8-11
It's been my experience that those who plow the soil of iniquity and those who sow the seed of trouble will reap their harvest!
Psalm 10:8-10
They wait in ambush in the villages, they kill the innocent in secret.
Proverbs 28:15
A roaring lion and a charging bear that's what a wicked tyrant is over poor people.
Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. All of them are lovers of bribes and are runners after gifts. They don't bring justice to orphans, and the widow's case never comes up for review in their court."
Jeremiah 22:17
But your eyes and heart are on nothing but your dishonest gain, shedding the blood of innocent people, and practicing oppression and extortion."
Ezekiel 22:6
"""Watch out! Each of the princes of Israel has misused his authority to shed blood.
Ezekiel 22:25-27
There's a conspiracy of prophets within her, and like a roaring lion tearing its prey, they've devoured people, and confiscated treasures, and taken precious things. They've added to the population of widows within her.
Micah 3:1-4
"He will say, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you officials of the house of Israel! You should know justice, should you not?
Micah 3:9-11
Please listen to this, you leaders of the house of Jacob, you officials of the house of Israel, you who hate administering justice, who pervert the very meaning of equity,