Zephaniah 1:9
“In the same day also wil I punish all those that leape on the threshold, which fill their masters houses with violence and deceit.”
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Zephaniah 1:9 Context
7Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice: he hath bid his ghests. 8And it shall come to passe in the day of the Lords Sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the kings children, and al such as are clothed with strange apparell. 9In the same day also wil I punish all those that leape on the threshold, which fill their masters houses with violence and deceit. 10And it shall come to passe in that day, saith the Lord, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hils. 11Howle yee inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut downe: all they that beare siluer are cut off.
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Other Translations for Zephaniah 1:9
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
- King James Version
"And I will punish on that day all who leap on the {temple} threshold, Who fill the house of their lord with violence and deceit.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master's house with violence and deceit.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And in that day I will send punishment on all those who come jumping over the doorstep and make their master's house full of violent behaviour and deceit.
- Basic English Bible
And in that day will I punish all those that leap over the threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.
- Darby Bible
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshhold, who fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
- Webster's Bible
In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.
- World English Bible
And I have laid a charge on every one Who is leaping over the threshold in that day, Who are filling the house of their masters [With] violence and deceit.
- Youngs Literal Bible
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master's house with violence and deceit.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Zephaniah 1:9
1:9 In the same day - At the same time. Their masters houses - Either the oppressing kings, whose officers these were, or publick officers and judges, whose servants thus spoiled the poor. Violence - Goods taken by force, by false accusations, or by suborned evidence.