Zephaniah 3:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Zephaniah 3:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Zephaniah 3:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Zephaniah 3:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I have cut off nations. Their battlements are desolate. I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by. Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.”
Zephaniah 3:6 — World English Bible
Zephaniah 3:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“I have cut off nations; their battlements are desolate; I have made their streets waste, so that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant. ”
Zephaniah 3:6 — American Standard Version
Zephaniah 3:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“I have cut off nations, Desolated have been their chief ones, I have laid waste their out-places without any passing by, Destroyed have been their cities, Without man, without inhabitant.”
Zephaniah 3:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Zephaniah 3:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“I have cut off nations: their battlements are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant. ”
Zephaniah 3:6 — Darby Translation
Zephaniah 3:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I haue cut off the nations: their towres are desolate: I haue made their streetes waste, that none shall passe by: their cities are destroyed without man and without inhabitant.”
Zephaniah 3:6 — Geneva Bible
Zephaniah 3:6 in Context — Zephaniah 3
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.
7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
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What Does Zephaniah 3:6 Mean?
Zephaniah 3:6 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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