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Zephaniah 1:9

Zephaniah chapter 1 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

Context

v.8And it shall come to pass in the day of Jehovah’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s sons, and all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.

v.9This passage

v.10And in that day, saith Jehovah, there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Nehemiah 5:15

    But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

  • 1 Samuel 2:15

    Yea, before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of thee, but raw.

  • Amos 3:10

    For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

  • Acts 16:19

    But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,

  • Proverbs 29:12

    If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood, All his servants are wicked.

  • 2 Kings 5:20

    But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: as Jehovah liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.