Zephaniah 3:3
Zephaniah 3:3 — The New International Version (NIV)
3 Her officials within her
are roaring lions;
her rulers are evening wolves,
who leave nothing for the morning.
Zephaniah 3:3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
3 Her princes within her are roaring lions;
Her judges are evening wolves;
They gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Zephaniah 3:3 — New Living Translation (NLT)
3 Its leaders are like roaring lions
hunting for their victims.
Its judges are like ravenous wolves at evening time,
who by dawn have left no trace of their prey.
Zephaniah 3:3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
3 Her princes in her midst are roaring lions;
Her judges are evening wolves
That leave not a bone till morning.
Zephaniah 3:3 — New Century Version (NCV)
3 Its officers are like roaring lions.
Its rulers are like hungry wolves that attack in the evening,
and in the morning nothing is left of those they attacked.
Zephaniah 3:3 — American Standard Version (ASV)
3 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.
Zephaniah 3:3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
3 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that leave nothing for the morning.
Zephaniah 3:3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
3 Its officials are ⸤like⸥ roaring lions.
Its judges are ⸤like⸥ wolves in the evening.
They leave nothing to gnaw on for the morning.
Zephaniah 3:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
3 The princes within her are roaring lions;
her judges are wolves of the night,
which leave nothing for the morning.
Zephaniah 3:3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
3 The officials within it
are roaring lions;
its judges are evening wolves
that leave nothing until the morning.
Zephaniah 3:3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
3 Her officials in her midst are roaring lions;
her judges are evening wolves;
they leave nothing until the morning.
Zephaniah 3:3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
3 Their officials are like roaring lions.
Their rulers are like wolves that hunt in the evening.
They don’t leave anything to eat in the morning.
Zephaniah 3:3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
3 Her princes within her are roaring lions,
Her judges are wolves at evening;
They leave nothing for the morning.