4Her prophets unstable — men of treachery, Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have violated the law.


In Context

1 Woe to the rebellious and polluted, The oppressing city!

2 She hath not hearkened to the voice, She hath not accepted instruction, In Jehovah she hath not trusted, Unto her God she hath not drawn near.

3 Her heads in her midst are roaring lions, Her judges are evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning.

4 Her prophets unstable — men of treachery, Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have violated the law.

5 Jehovah is righteous in her midst, He doth not do perverseness, Morning by morning His judgment he giveth to the light, It hath not been lacking, And the perverse doth not know shame.

6 I have cut off nations, Desolated have been their chief ones, I have laid waste their out-places without any passing by, Destroyed have been their cities, Without man, without 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 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 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.