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


In Context

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

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

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

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

5 The righteous Jehovah is in the midst of her: he doeth no wrong. Every morning doth he bring his judgment to light; it faileth not: but the unrighteous knoweth no shame.

6 I have cut off nations: their battlements are desolate; I made their streets waste, 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 American Standard 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 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.