Zephaniah 2:12

In 11 translations

BSB

“You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”That is, people from the upper Nile region

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

“Also you, O Cushim, they [are] pierced of My sword.”

YLT

Also ye, O Cushim, pierced of My sword [are] they.

DBY

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

DRC

You Ethiopians, also shall be slain with my sword.

GNV

Ye Morians also shalbe slaine by my sword with them.

JPS

Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by My sword.

LXXE

Ye Ethiopians also are the slain of my sword.

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Original-language editions

WLC

גַּם־אַתֶּ֣ם כּוּשִׁ֔ים חַֽלְלֵ֥י חַרְבִּ֖י הֵֽמָּה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ὑμεῖς Αἰθίοπες τραυματίαι ῥομφαίας μου ἐστέ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ezekiel 30:4–9A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down. Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as…
• Isaiah 20:4–5so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame. Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast…
• Jeremiah 51:20–23“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver. With you I shatter man and…
• Isaiah 43:3For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
• Isaiah 13:5They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the LORD and the weapons of His wrath— to destroy the whole country.
• Jeremiah 46:9–10Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth— Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow. For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against…
• Isaiah 18:1–7Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush, which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a…
• Isaiah 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
• Jeremiah 47:6–7‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’ How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
• Psalms 17:13Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,

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