Zephaniah 3:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.”
Zephaniah 3:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Zephaniah 3:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Zephaniah 3:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.”
Zephaniah 3:4 — World English Bible
Zephaniah 3:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. ”
Zephaniah 3:4 — American Standard Version
Zephaniah 3:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Her prophets unstable--men of treachery, Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have violated the law.”
Zephaniah 3:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Zephaniah 3:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Her prophets are vain-glorious, treacherous persons; her priests profane the sanctuary, they do violence to the law. ”
Zephaniah 3:4 — Darby Translation
Zephaniah 3:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Her prophets are light, and wicked persons: her priests haue polluted the Sanctuarie: they haue wrested the Lawe.”
Zephaniah 3:4 — Geneva Bible
Zephaniah 3:4 in Context — Zephaniah 3
2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God.
3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
5 The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
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What Does Zephaniah 3:4 Mean?
Zephaniah 3:4 is a verse from the Book of Zephaniah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Zephaniah chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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