Zephaniah 3:3
King James Version (KJV)
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.
World English Bible (WEB)
Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.
Zephaniah 3:3 Cross References
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
