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Zephaniah 2:8

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2:8“I have heard Moab’s taunts

and the Ammonites’ insults.

They30 taunted my people

and verbally harassed those living in Judah.31

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Footnotes

  1. 30 Heb “who.” A new sentence was begun here in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  2. 31 Heb “and they made great [their mouth?] against their territory.” Other possible translation options include (1) “they enlarged their own territory” (cf. ) and (2) “they bragged about [the size] of their own territory.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“I have heard the taunts of Moab

and the revilings of the Ammonites,

how they have taunted my people

and made boasts against their territory.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“I have heard the insults of Moab

and the taunts of the Ammonites,

who insulted my people

and made threats against their land.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I have heard the taunting of Moab

and the insults of the Ammonites,

who have taunted my people

and threatened their territory.

NLTNew Living Translation

“I have heard the taunts of the Moabites

and the insults of the Ammonites,

mocking my people

and invading their borders.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I have heard the reproaches of Moab

and the scorning of the Ammonites,

with which they have taunted my nation

and made boasts against their territory.

KJV 1900King James Version

I have heard the reproach of Moab,

And the revilings of the children of Ammon,

Whereby they have reproached my people,

And magnified themselves against their border.