3Her officials are roaring lions, her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning.


In Context

1 Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!

2 She obeys no one, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord , she does not draw near to her God.

3 Her officials are roaring lions, her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning.

4 Her prophets are arrogant; they are treacherous men. Her priests profane the sanctuary and do violence to the law.

5 The Lord within her is righteous; he does no wrong. Morning by morning he dispenses his justice, and every new day he does not fail, yet the unrighteous know no 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Her princes are in the midst of her as roaring lions: her judges are evening wolves, they left 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.