Zephaniah 2:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.”

Zephaniah 2:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Zephaniah 2:12 in 6 Bible Translations

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Zephaniah 2:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“You Cushites also, you will be killed by my sword.”

Zephaniah 2:12 — World English Bible

Zephaniah 2:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. ”

Zephaniah 2:12 — American Standard Version

Zephaniah 2:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Also ye, O Cushim, pierced of My sword <FI>are<Fi> they.”

Zephaniah 2:12 — Young's Literal Translation

Zephaniah 2:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be the slain of my sword. ”

Zephaniah 2:12 — Darby Translation

Zephaniah 2:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Ye Morians also shalbe slaine by my sword with them.”

Zephaniah 2:12 — Geneva Bible

Zephaniah 2:12 in Context — Zephaniah 2

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.

14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.

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What Does Zephaniah 2:12 Mean?

Zephaniah 2:12 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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