As a roaring lion, and a charging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Zephaniah 3:3 - King James 2000 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave not a bone till the morning. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow. Common English Bible 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 Her leaders are in her midst like roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing for the morning. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Her princes are in the midst of her as roaring lions: her judges are evening wolves, they left nothing for the morning. |
As a roaring lion, and a charging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come before them.
Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safely, and none shall deliver it.
But your eyes and your heart are for nothing but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, says the LORD.
The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf;
Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the desert shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: everyone that goes out there shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Behold, the princes of Israel, each one in you used his power to shed blood.
You stand upon your sword, you work abomination, and you defile every one his neighbor’s wife: and shall you possess the land?
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen press proudly on, their horsemen shall come from afar; they shall fly as the eagle that hastens to eat.