Zephaniah 3:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ The officials within it are roaring lions; its judges are evening wolves that leave nothing until the morning.

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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

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses are swifter than leopards, more menacing than wolves at dusk; their horses charge. Their horsemen come from far away; they fly like an eagle swift to devour.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion from the forest shall kill them; a wolf from the desert shall destroy them. A leopard is watching against their cities; everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many; their faithlessness is great.

Ezekiel 22:6

The princes of Israel in you, everyone according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and heart are only on your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the orphan, and the widow’s cause does not come before them.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring is like a lion; like young lions they roar; they growl and seize their prey; they carry it off, and no one can rescue.

Jeremiah 34:19

the officials of Judah, the officials of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf

Ezekiel 33:26

You depend on your swords, you commit abominations, and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife; shall you then possess the land?

Jeremiah 23:11

Both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in my house I have found their wickedness, says the Lord.