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Zephaniah 2:2

tbefore the decree takes effect1

—before the day passes away ulike chaff—

vbefore there comes upon you

the burning anger of the Lord,

before there comes upon you

the day of the anger of the Lord.

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Zephaniah 2:2 — The New International Version (NIV)

before the decree takes effect

and that day passes like windblown chaff,

before the Lord’s fierce anger

comes upon you,

before the day of the Lord’s wrath

comes upon you.

Zephaniah 2:2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff,

Before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you,

Before the day of the Lord’s anger come upon you.

Zephaniah 2:2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Gather before judgment begins,

before your time to repent is blown away like chaff.

Act now, before the fierce fury of the Lord falls

and the terrible day of the Lord’s anger begins.

Zephaniah 2:2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Before the decree is issued,

Or the day passes like chaff,

Before the Lord’s fierce anger comes upon you,

Before the day of the Lord’s anger comes upon you!

Zephaniah 2:2 — New Century Version (NCV)

Do it before it’s too late,

before you are blown away like chaff,

before the Lord’s terrible anger reaches you,

before the day of the Lord’s anger comes to you.

Zephaniah 2:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah’s anger come upon you.

Zephaniah 2:2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

before the decree bring forth, before the day pass away as chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah’s anger come upon you.

Zephaniah 2:2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

before the decree is carried out 

⸤and⸥ the day passes like windblown husks, 

before the Lord’s burning anger comes to you, 

before the day of the Lord’s anger comes to you. 

Zephaniah 2:2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

before the decree takes effect

and the day passes like chaff,

before the burning of the Lord’s anger overtakes you,

before the day of the Lord’s anger overtakes you.

Zephaniah 2:2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

before you are driven away

like the drifting chaff,

before there comes upon you

the fierce anger of the Lord,

before there comes upon you

the day of the Lord’s wrath.

Zephaniah 2:2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Before the birth of the decree,

the day flies away like chaff;

before the fierce anger of Yahweh overtakes you;

before the day of the anger of Yahweh overtakes you.

Zephaniah 2:2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Come together before the appointed time arrives.

The day of the Lord will sweep in

like straw blown by the wind.

Soon the Lord’s anger will burn against you.

The day of his anger will come on you.

Zephaniah 2:2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Before the decree takes effect

The day passes like the chaff

Before the burning anger of the Lord comes upon you,

Before the day of the Lord’s anger comes upon you.


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