4Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.


In Context

1 Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city!

2 She didn't obey the voice. She didn't receive correction. She didn't trust in Yahweh. She didn't draw near to her God.

3 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.

4 Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.

5 Yahweh, in the midst of her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn't fail, but the unjust know no shame.

6 I have cut off nations. Their battlements are desolate. I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes 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 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 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.