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Zephaniah 1:17

17 “I will bring distress upon men,

And they shall uwalk like blind men,

Because they have sinned against the Lord;

Their blood shall be poured out like dust,

And their flesh like refuse.”

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Zephaniah 1:17 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 “I will bring such distress on all people

that they will grope about like those who are blind,

because they have sinned against the Lord.

Their blood will be poured out like dust

and their entrails like dung.

Zephaniah 1:17 — English Standard Version (ESV)

17 I will bring distress on mankind,

so that they shall walk like the blind,

because they have sinned against the Lord;

their blood shall be poured out like dust,

and their flesh like dung.

Zephaniah 1:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men,

Because they have sinned against the Lord:

And their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

Zephaniah 1:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 “Because you have sinned against the Lord,

I will make you grope around like the blind.

Your blood will be poured into the dust,

and your bodies will lie rotting on the ground.”

Zephaniah 1:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 I will make life hard on the people;

they will walk around like the blind,

because they have sinned against the Lord.

Their blood will be poured out like dust,

and their insides will be dumped like trash.

Zephaniah 1:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Jehovah; and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung.

Zephaniah 1:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 And I will bring distress upon men, and they shall walk like blind men; for they have sinned against Jehovah; and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung:

Zephaniah 1:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 “I will bring such distress on humans that they will walk like they are blind, 

because they have sinned against the Lord.” 

Their blood will be poured out like dust 

and their intestines like manure. 

Zephaniah 1:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 I will bring distress on mankind,

and they will walk like the blind

because they have sinned against the Lord.

Their blood will be poured out like dust

and their flesh like dung.

Zephaniah 1:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 I will bring such distress upon people

that they shall walk like the blind;

because they have sinned against the Lord,

their blood shall be poured out like dust,

and their flesh like dung.

Zephaniah 1:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 And I will bring distress to all humankind,

and they shall walk about like the blind,

for they sinned against Yahweh;

their blood shall be poured out like dust

and their entrails like dung.

Zephaniah 1:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 I will bring trouble on the people.

They will trip and fall as if they were blind.

They have sinned against me.

Their blood will be poured out like dust.

Their bodies will lie rotting on the ground.

Zephaniah 1:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 I will bring distress on men

So that they will walk like the blind,

Because they have sinned against the Lord;

And their blood will be poured out like dust

And their flesh like dung.


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