9Because then I will restore to the people a chosen lip, that all may call upon the name of the Lord, and may serve him with one shoulder.


In Context

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.

7 I said: Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive correction: and her dwelling shall not perish, for all things wherein I have visited her: but they rose early and corrupted all their thoughts.

8 Wherefore expect me, saith the Lord, in the day of my resurrection that is to come, for my judgment is to assemble the Gentiles, and to gather the kingdoms: and to pour upon them my indignation, all my fierce anger: for with the fire of my jealousy shall all the earth be devoured.

9 Because then I will restore to the people a chosen lip, that all may call upon the name of the Lord, and may serve him with one shoulder.

10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, shall my suppliants the children of my dispersed people bring me an offering.

11 In that day thou shalt not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proud boasters, and thou shalt no more be lifted up because of my holy mountain.

Zephaniah 3:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:9"Then will I purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the Lord and serve him shoulder to shoulder.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call on the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:9For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:9For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on the name of Yahweh, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9For then do I turn unto peoples a pure lip, To call all of them by the name of Jehovah, To serve Him with one shoulder.