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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.

KJV

et visitabo super omnem qui arroganter ingreditur super limen in die illa, qui complent domum Domini Dei sui iniquitate et dolo.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐκδικήσω ἐμφανῶς ἐπὶ τὰ πρόπυλα ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, τοὺς πληροῦντας τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου θεοῦ αὐτῶν ἀσεβείας καὶ δόλου.

LXX

And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

ASV

וּ/פָקַדְתִּ֗י עַ֧ל כָּל הַ/דּוֹלֵ֛ג עַל הַ/מִּפְתָּ֖ן בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֑וּא הַֽ/מְמַלְאִ֛ים בֵּ֥ית אֲדֹנֵי/הֶ֖ם חָמָ֥ס וּ/מִרְמָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדַלֶּג
'dlg
verb · 5×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הֶ֑ם
hm
verb · 303×
חָמָ֖ס
chms
noun · 59×
י
y
noun · 328×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מִפְתַּ֣ן
mptn
noun · 8×
מִרְמָֽה
mrmh
noun · 38×
מָלְאָ֥ה
ml'h
verb · 248×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 2:15 — Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
  • 1Sam 5:5 — Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
  • 1Sam 5:5 — Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
  • 2Kgs 5:20 — But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after
  • Amos 3:10 — For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
  • Amos 3:10 — For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
  • Ezek 8:17 — Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence
  • Jer 17:11 — As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
  • Neh 5:15 — But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the peop
  • Prov 29:12 — If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.