Zephaniah 3:3

In 11 translations

BSB

Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.

KJV

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

WEB

Her princes within her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.

ASV

Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.

LSV

Her heads in her midst [are] roaring lions, || Her judges [are] wolves [as in] evening, || They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.

YLT

Her heads in her midst [are] roaring lions, Her judges [are] evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.

DBY

Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that leave nothing for the morning.

DRC

Her princes are in the midst of her as roaring lions: her judges are evening wolves, they left nothing for the morning.

GNV

Her princes within her are as roaring lyons: her iudges are as wolues in the euening, which leaue not the bones till the morow.

JPS

Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the desert, they leave not a bone for the morrow.

LXXE

Her princes within her were as roaring lions, her judges as the wolves of Arabia; they remained not till the morrow.

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Original-language editions

WLC

שָׂרֶ֣יהָ בְקִרְבָּ֔הּ אֲרָי֖וֹת שֹֽׁאֲגִ֑ים שֹׁפְטֶ֨יהָ֙ זְאֵ֣בֵי עֶ֔רֶב לֹ֥א גָרְמ֖וּ לַבֹּֽקֶר׃

LXX-Br

Οἱ ἄρχοντες αὐτῆς ἐν αὐτῇ ὡς λέοντες ὠρυόμενοι, οἱ κριταὶ αὐτῆς ὡς λύκοι τῆς Ἀραβίας, οὐχ ὑπελίποντο εἰς τοπρωΐ.

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• Habakkuk 1:8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.
• Ezekiel 22:25–27The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her. Her priests do violence to My law…
• Jeremiah 5:6Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious…
• Job 4:8–11As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same. By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed. The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl,…
• Psalms 10:8–10He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless. He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his…
• Micah 3:9–11Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right, who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. Her leaders judge for a…
• Proverbs 28:15Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
• Ezekiel 22:6See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.
• Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
• Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
• Micah 3:1–4Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. You eat…

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