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


In Context

1 Woe to the provoking, and redeemed city, the dove.

2 She hath not hearkened to the voice, neither hath she received discipline: she hath not trusted in the Lord, she drew not near to her God.

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

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

5 The just Lord is in the midst thereof, he will not do iniquity: in the morning, in the morning he will bring his judgment to light, and it shall not be hid: but the wicked man hath not known 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 American Standard 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 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.