Zephaniah 3:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

³ Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Her officials in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones on the morrow, for nothing is left by morning.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.

Common English Bible

³ The princes in her midst are roaring lions. Her judges are wolves of the evening; they leave nothing for the morning.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Her leaders are in her midst like roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing for the morning.

Zephaniah 3:3 Cross References

Proverbs 28:15

As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Jeremiah 23:11

for both prophet and Kohen are profane; yes, in my house have I found their wickedness, says the LORD.

Jeremiah 34:19

the princes of Yehudah, and the princes of Yerushalayim, the eunuchs, and the Kohanim, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf;

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backsliding is increased.

Ezekiel 22:6

Behold, the princes of Yisra'el, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.

Ezekiel 33:26

You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and you defile everyone his neighbor's wife: and shall you possess the land?

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.