Zephaniah 2:12–13
Zephaniah 2:12–13 — The New International Version (NIV)
12 “You Cushites, too,
will be slain by my sword.”
13 He will stretch out his hand against the north
and destroy Assyria,
leaving Nineveh utterly desolate
and dry as the desert.
Zephaniah 2:12–13 — English Standard Version (ESV)
12 You also, O Cushites,
shall be slain by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north
and destroy Assyria,
and he will make Nineveh a desolation,
a dry waste like the desert.
Zephaniah 2:12–13 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria;
And will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
Zephaniah 2:12–13 — New Living Translation (NLT)
12 “You Ethiopians will also be slaughtered
by my sword,” says the Lord.
13 And the Lord will strike the lands of the north with his fist,
destroying the land of Assyria.
He will make its great capital, Nineveh, a desolate wasteland,
parched like a desert.
Zephaniah 2:12–13 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
12 “You Ethiopians also,
You shall be slain by My sword.”
13 And He will stretch out His hand against the north,
Destroy Assyria,
And make Nineveh a desolation,
As dry as the wilderness.
Zephaniah 2:12–13 — New Century Version (NCV)
12 “You Cushites also
will be killed by my sword.”
13 Then the Lord will turn against the north
and destroy Assyria.
He will make Nineveh
a ruin as dry as a desert.
Zephaniah 2:12–13 — American Standard Version (ASV)
12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. 13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the wilderness.
Zephaniah 2:12–13 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be the slain of my sword. 13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, a place of drought like the wilderness.
Zephaniah 2:12–13 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
12 “Even you, the people from Sudan,
you will also die by my sword.”
13 The Lord will use his power against the north and destroy Assyria.
He will turn Nineveh into a deserted ruin,
a dried up wasteland like the desert.
Zephaniah 2:12–13 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
12 You Cushites will also be slain by My sword.
13 He will also stretch out His hand against the north
and destroy Assyria;
He will make Nineveh a desolate ruin,
dry as the desert.
Zephaniah 2:12–13 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
12 You also, O Ethiopians,
shall be killed by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north,
and destroy Assyria;
and he will make Nineveh a desolation,
a dry waste like the desert.
Zephaniah 2:12–13 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
12 You also, O Cushites,
they shall be killed by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north,
and he will destroy Assyria
and will make Nineveh a desolation,
a dry wasteland like the desert.
Zephaniah 2:12–13 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
12 The Lord says, “People of Cush,
you too will be killed with my sword.”
13 The Lord will reach out his powerful hand against the north.
He will destroy Assyria.
He’ll leave Nineveh totally empty.
It will be as dry as a desert.