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Zephaniah 1:18

18 vNeither their silver nor their gold

Shall be able to deliver them

In the day of the Lord’s wrath;

But the whole land shall be devoured

By the fire of His jealousy,

For He will make speedy riddance

Of all those who dwell in the land.

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Zephaniah 1:18 — The New International Version (NIV)

18 Neither their silver nor their gold

will be able to save them

on the day of the Lord’s wrath.”

In the fire of his jealousy

the whole earth will be consumed,

for he will make a sudden end

of all who live on the earth.

Zephaniah 1:18 — English Standard Version (ESV)

18 Neither their silver nor their gold

shall be able to deliver them

on the day of the wrath of the Lord.

In the fire of his jealousy,

all the earth shall be consumed;

for a full and sudden end

he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Zephaniah 1:18 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them

In the day of the Lord’s wrath;

But the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy:

For he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

Zephaniah 1:18 — New Living Translation (NLT)

18 Your silver and gold will not save you

on that day of the Lord’s anger.

For the whole land will be devoured

by the fire of his jealousy.

He will make a terrifying end

of all the people on earth.

Zephaniah 1:18 — New Century Version (NCV)

18 On the day that God will show his anger,

neither their silver nor gold will save them.

The Lord’s anger will be like a fire

that will burn up the whole world;

suddenly he will bring an end, yes, an end

to everyone on earth.”

Zephaniah 1:18 — American Standard Version (ASV)

18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.

Zephaniah 1:18 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

18 their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them, in the day of Jehovah’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for a full end, yea, a sudden end, shall he make of all them that dwell in the land.

Zephaniah 1:18 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

18 Their silver and their gold will not be able to rescue them 

on the day of the Lord’s overflowing fury. 

The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery anger, 

because he will put an end, a frightening end, 

to those who live on earth. 

Zephaniah 1:18 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

18 Their silver and their gold

will not be able to rescue them

on the day of the Lord’s wrath.

The whole earth will be consumed

by the fire of His jealousy.

For He will make a complete,

yes, a horrifying end

of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Zephaniah 1:18 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

18 Neither their silver nor their gold

will be able to save them

on the day of the Lord’s wrath;

in the fire of his passion

the whole earth shall be consumed;

for a full, a terrible end

he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Zephaniah 1:18 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

18 Moreover, their silver and their gold

will not be able to save them

on the day of the wrath of Yahweh.

And in the fire of his zeal,

the whole land shall be consumed,

for a terrifying end he shall make

for all the inhabitants of the land.

Zephaniah 1:18 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

18 Their silver and gold

will not be able to save them

on the day I pour out my anger.

The whole world will be burned up

when my jealous anger blazes out.

Everyone who lives on earth

will come to a sudden end.”

Zephaniah 1:18 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

18 Neither their silver nor their gold

Will be able to deliver them

On the day of the Lord’s wrath;

And all the earth will be devoured

In the fire of His jealousy,

For He will make a complete end,

Indeed a terrifying one,

Of all the inhabitants of the earth.


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