Zephaniah 3:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ Her rulers in her midst are roaring lions, her judges are evening wolves, they shall leave no bone until 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

Proverbs 28:15

A roaring lion and a charging bear Is a wrongdoing ruler over poor people.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are stubborn, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and runs after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow reach them.

Isaiah 5:29

Their roar is like that of a lion, they roar like young lions. And they growl and seize prey, and slip away, with no one to rescue.

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and your heart are only upon your own greedy gain, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and on doing violence.”

Jeremiah 23:11

“For both prophet and priest have become defiled. Even in My house I have found their evil,” declares יהוה.

Jeremiah 34:19

the heads of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion from the forest shall smite them, a wolf of the deserts ravage them. A leopard is watching over their cities, whoever comes out of them is torn in pieces. For their transgressions have been many, their backslidings have been numerous.

Ezekiel 22:6

“See the leaders of Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 33:26

“You depend on your sword, and you commit abominations, and each of you defiles his neighbour’s wife. Should you then possess the land?” ’

Habakkuk 1:8

“Their horses shall be swifter than leopards, and more fierce than evening wolves. And their horsemen shall charge ahead, and their horsemen come from afar. They fly as the eagle, rushing to eat.