6and the sea-coast shall be cave-dwellings for shepherds, and folds for flocks.


In Context

3 Seek Jehovah, all ye meek of the land, who have performed his ordinance; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.

4 For Gazah shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon shall be a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of Jehovah is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: I will destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant;

6 and the sea-coast shall be cave-dwellings for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for Jehovah their God shall visit them, and turn again their captivity.

8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

Zephaniah 2:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6And the sea coast shall be dwellings [and] cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:6The land by the sea, where the Kerethites dwell, will be a place for shepherds and sheep pens.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:6And the sea coast shall be the resting place of shepherds, and folds for cattle:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:6And the sea-coast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:6And the sea coast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6And the sea-coast hath been habitations, Cottages for shepherds, and folds for a flock.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.