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Zephaniah 1:17

And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

KJV

Et tribulabo homines, et ambulabunt ut cæci, quia Domino peccaverunt ; et effundetur sanguis eorum sicut humus, et corpora eorum sicut stercora.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐκθλίψω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, καὶ πορεύσονται ὡς τυφλοί, ὅτι τῷ κυρίῳ ἐξήμαρτον· καὶ ἐκχεεῖ τὸ αἷμα αὐτῶν ὡς χοῦν, καὶ τὰς σάρκας αὐτῶν ὡς βόλβιτα·

LXX

And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Jehovah; and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung.

ASV

וַ/הֲצֵרֹ֣תִי לָ/אָדָ֗ם וְ/הָֽלְכוּ֙ כַּֽ/עִוְרִ֔ים כִּ֥י לַֽ/יהוָ֖ה חָטָ֑אוּ וְ/שֻׁפַּ֤ךְ דָּמָ/ם֙ כֶּֽ/עָפָ֔ר וּ/לְחֻמָ֖/ם כַּ/גְּלָלִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
גֶֽלְלֵי֙
glly
noun · 4×
הֶחֱטִ֖יא
hchty'
verb · 237×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
וֹ
v
pronoun · 2×
י
y
verb · 53×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
עִוֵּר֙
'vr
adjective · 26×
עָפָ֥ר
'pr
noun · 109×
שְׁפָךְ
shpk
verb · 115×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 1:9 — But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
  • Ezek 16:38 — And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.
  • Isa 5:25 — Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the
  • Jer 2:17 — Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
  • Jer 9:22 — Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
  • Jer 10:18 — For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
  • Jer 16:4 — They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famin
  • Matt 15:14 — Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
  • Mic 7:13 — Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
  • Ps 83:10 — Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
  • Ps 83:10 — Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
  • Rev 3:17 — Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: