Zephaniah 1:17
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I’ll make things so bad they won’t know what hit them.
They’ll walk around groping like the blind.
They’ve sinned against God!
Their blood will be poured out like old dishwater,
their guts shoveled into slop buckets.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
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.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
“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.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
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.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
“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.”
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
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.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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