3Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.


In Context

1 Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing city!

2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God.

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

4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

5 Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

Zephaniah 3:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Her princes within her [are] roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Her officials are roaring lions, her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Her princes are in the midst of her as roaring lions: her judges are evening wolves, they left nothing for the morning.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that leave nothing for the morning.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3Her heads in her midst are roaring lions, Her judges are evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.