Zephaniah 3:7
“I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Zephaniah 3:7 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
I said, Only fear thou me; receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and corrupted all their doings.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Ich sprach: Möchtest du mich nur fürchten, möchtest du Zucht annehmen! Und ihre Wohnung würde nicht ausgerottet werden, alles, was ich über sie verhängt habe. Allein sie haben sich früh aufgemacht, haben alle ihre Handlungen verderbt.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Dije: Ciertamente me temerás, recibirás corrección; y no será su habitación derruída por todo aquello sobre que los visité. Mas ellos se levantaron de mañana, y corrompieron todas sus obras.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Eu dizia: Certamente me temerás, aceitarás a correção; para que assim sua morada não seja destruída por tudo aquilo que eu havia determinado sobre ela. Porém eles se levantaram de manhã e corromperam todos os seus atos.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Eu disse: "Certamente tu Me temerás. Aceita a correção e não sejas cortado de tuas casas por tudo que eu planejei fazer a ti". Mas eles estavam ansiosos para começar todas as manhãs corrompendo todas as suas ações.
📖 Zephaniah 3:7 in Context
5The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
6I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
7I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
8Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
9For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.
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