Zephaniah 2:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.”
Zephaniah 2:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Zephaniah 2:13 in 6 Bible Translations
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Zephaniah 2:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He will stretch out his hand against the north, destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as the wilderness.”
Zephaniah 2:13 — World English Bible
Zephaniah 2:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the wilderness. ”
Zephaniah 2:13 — American Standard Version
Zephaniah 2:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And He stretcheth His hand against the north, And doth destroy Asshur, And he setteth Nineveh for a desolation, A dry land like a wilderness.”
Zephaniah 2:13 — Young's Literal Translation
Zephaniah 2:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, a place of drought like the wilderness. ”
Zephaniah 2:13 — Darby Translation
Zephaniah 2:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And he wil stretch out his hand against the North, and destroy Asshur, and will make Nineueh desolate, and waste like a wildernesse.”
Zephaniah 2:13 — Geneva Bible
Zephaniah 2:13 in Context — Zephaniah 2
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.
15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
What Does Zephaniah 2:13 Mean?
Zephaniah 2:13 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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