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Zephaniah 1:3

“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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Zephaniah 1:3 — English Standard Version (ESV)

“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.

Zephaniah 1:3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Zephaniah 1:3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“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.

Zephaniah 1:3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

“I will consume man and beast;

I will consume the birds of the heavens,

The fish of the sea,

And the stumbling blocks along with the wicked.

I will cut off man from the face of the land,”

Says the Lord.

Zephaniah 1:3 — New Century Version (NCV)

“I will sweep away the people and animals;

I will destroy the birds in the air

and the fish of the sea.

I will ruin the evil people,

and I will remove human beings from the earth,” says the Lord.

Zephaniah 1:3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.

Zephaniah 1:3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

I will take away man and beast; I will take away the fowl of the heavens and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked, and I will cut off mankind from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.

Zephaniah 1:3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

“I will put an end to humans and animals. 

I will put an end to 

the birds in the sky, 

the fish in the sea, 

and the sins that make people fall, together with the sinners. 

I will remove all people from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord

Zephaniah 1:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

I will sweep away man and animal;

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.

Zephaniah 1:3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

I will sweep away humans and animals;

I will sweep away the birds of the air

and the fish of the sea.

I will make the wicked stumble.

I will cut off humanity

from the face of the earth, says the Lord.

Zephaniah 1:3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

“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.

Zephaniah 1:3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

“I will destroy people and animals alike.

I will wipe out the birds of the air

and the fish in the waters.

I will destroy sinful people along with their gods.

I will wipe man off the face of the earth,”

announces the Lord.

Zephaniah 1:3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“I will remove man and beast;

I will remove the birds of the sky

And the fish of the sea,

And the ruins along with the wicked;

And I will cut off man from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.


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