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


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.

6 I have destroyed the nations, and their towers are beaten down: I have made their ways desert, so that there is none that passeth by: their cities are desolate, there is not a man remaining, nor any 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 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 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.