Zephaniah 2:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“The Lord will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.”
Zephaniah 2:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Zephaniah 2:11 in 6 Bible Translations
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Zephaniah 2:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Yahweh will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations.”
Zephaniah 2:11 — World English Bible
Zephaniah 2:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations. ”
Zephaniah 2:11 — American Standard Version
Zephaniah 2:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Fearful <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah against them, For He made bare all gods of the land, And bow themselves to Him, each from his place, Do all islanders of the nations.”
Zephaniah 2:11 — Young's Literal Translation
Zephaniah 2:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all thegods of the earth; and all the isles of the nations shall worship him, every one from his place. ”
Zephaniah 2:11 — Darby Translation
Zephaniah 2:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The Lord will be terrible vnto them: for he wil consume all the gods of the earth, and euery man shall worship him from his place, euen all the yles of the heathen.”
Zephaniah 2:11 — Geneva Bible
Zephaniah 2:11 in Context — Zephaniah 2
9 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 The Lord will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
What Does Zephaniah 2:11 Mean?
Zephaniah 2:11 is a verse from the Book of Zephaniah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Zephaniah chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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