Zephaniah 2:4
and Ashkelon as a desolation.
As for Ashdod, at noon they will drive her away,
and Ekron shall be uprooted.
Zephaniah 2:4 — The New International Version (NIV)
4 Gaza will be abandoned
and Ashkelon left in ruins.
At midday Ashdod will be emptied
and Ekron uprooted.
Zephaniah 2:4 — English Standard Version (ESV)
4 For Gaza shall be deserted,
and Ashkelon shall become a desolation;
Ashdod’s people shall be driven out at noon,
and Ekron shall be uprooted.
Zephaniah 2:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation:
They shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
Zephaniah 2:4 — New Living Translation (NLT)
4 Gaza and Ashkelon will be abandoned,
Ashdod and Ekron torn down.
Zephaniah 2:4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
4 For Gaza shall be forsaken,
And Ashkelon desolate;
They shall drive out Ashdod at noonday,
And Ekron shall be uprooted.
Zephaniah 2:4 — New Century Version (NCV)
4 No one will be left in the city of Gaza,
and the city of Ashkelon will be destroyed.
Ashdod will be empty by noon,
and the people of Ekron will be chased away.
Zephaniah 2:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)
4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
Zephaniah 2:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
4 For Gazah shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon shall be a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
Zephaniah 2:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
4 Gaza will be deserted,
and Ashkelon will be destroyed.
Ashdod will be driven out at noon,
and Ekron will be torn out by the roots.
Zephaniah 2:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
4 For Gaza will be abandoned,
and Ashkelon will become a ruin.
Ashdod will be driven out at noon,
and Ekron will be uprooted.
Zephaniah 2:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
4 For Gaza shall be deserted,
and Ashkelon shall become a desolation;
Ashdod’s people shall be driven out at noon,
and Ekron shall be uprooted.
Zephaniah 2:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
4 Gaza will be deserted.
Ashkelon will be destroyed.
Ashdod will be emptied out at noon.
Ekron will be pulled up by its roots.
Zephaniah 2:4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
4 For Gaza will be abandoned
And Ashkelon a desolation;
Ashdod will be driven out at noon
And Ekron will be uprooted.