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Zephaniah 1:3

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3“I will sweep away both man and beast;d

I will sweep away the birds in the skye

and the fish in the sea—

and the idols that cause the wicked to stumble.”a

“When I destroy all mankind

on the face of the earth,”f

declares the Lord,g

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Footnotes

  1. aThe meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

Cross references

  1. dJer 50:3
  2. eSee Jer 4:25
  3. fver 18; See Hos 4:3
  4. gSee Eze 14:17

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“I will sweep away man and beast;

I will sweep away the birds of the heavens

and the fish of the sea,

and the rubble with the wicked.

I will cut off mankind

from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will sweep away people and animals;

I will sweep away the birds of the sky

and the fish of the sea,

and the ruins along with the wicked.

I will cut off mankind

from the face of the earth.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

NLTNew Living Translation

“I will sweep away people and animals alike.

I will sweep away the birds of the sky and the fish in the sea.

I will reduce the wicked to heaps of rubble,

and I will wipe humanity from the face of the earth,” says the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“I will destroy humanity and beast;

I will destroy the birds of the sky

and the fish of the sea,

and the stumbling blocks with the wicked.

And I will cut off humankind

from the face of the earth”—a declaration of Yahweh.

KJV 1900King James Version

I will consume man and beast;

I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea,

And the stumblingblocks with the wicked;

And I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.