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


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.

6 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 3:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:4Her prophets [are] light [and] treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:4Her prophets are arrogant; they are treacherous men. Her priests profane the sanctuary and do violence to the law.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:4Her prophets are senseless men without faith: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have acted unjustly against the law.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4Her prophets are vain-glorious, treacherous persons; her priests profane the sanctuary, they do violence to the law.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:4Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4Her prophets unstable — men of treachery, Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have violated the law.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:4Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.