Zephaniah 1 · Verse 6

Zephaniah 1:6

And them that are turned back from the Lord; and those that have not sought the Lord, nor enquired for him.
Zephaniah 1:6, King James Version

Zephaniah 1:6 in other translations

BSBand those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
WEBthose who have turned back from following the LORD, and those who haven’t sought the LORD nor inquired after him.
ASVand them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.
YLTAnd those removing from after Jehovah, And who have not sought Jehovah, nor besought Him.
DARBYand them that turn back from after Jehovah, and that do not seek Jehovah, nor inquire for him.
BBEAnd those who are turned back from going after the Lord, and those who have not made prayer to the Lord or got directions from him.
WebsterAnd them that have turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him.

What does Zephaniah 1:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. This verse describes more comprehensively those guilty of defection from Jehovah in any way (Jr 2:13, 17).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Them that are turned back - Who have forsaken the true God, and become idolaters. Nor inquired for him - Have not desired to know his will.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zephaniah 1:1-6

Ruin is coming, utter ruin; destruction from the Almighty. The servants of God all proclaim, There is no peace for the wicked. The expressions are figurative, speaking every where desolation; the land shall be left without inhabitants. The sinners to be consumed are, the professed idolaters, and those that worship Jehovah and idols, or swear to the Lord, and to Malcham. Those that think to divide their affections…

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Zephaniah 1:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַנְּסוֹגִ֖יםha.ne.so.Gimthose [who] have turned backH5472
מֵאַחֲרֵ֣יme.'a.cha.Reifrom afterH310
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַאֲשֶׁ֛רva.'a.Sherand [those] whoH834
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
בִקְשׁ֥וּvik.Shuthey have soughtH1245
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
דְרָשֻֽׁהוּ\׃de.ra.Shu.huthey have sought himH1875

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Zephaniah 1:6

  • Isaiah 1:4

    Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

  • Jeremiah 2:13

    For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

  • Jeremiah 15:6

    Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.

  • Jeremiah 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?

  • Isaiah 9:13

    For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.

  • Ezekiel 3:20

    Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

  • Jeremiah 3:10

    And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.

  • Hosea 11:7

    And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

  • Hebrews 10:38-39

    Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

  • 2 Peter 2:18-22

    For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. …

  • Psalms 10:4

    The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

  • Psalms 125:5

    As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
turned.
1Sa 15:11; Ps 36:3; 125:5; Isa 1:4; Jer 2:13,17; 3:10; 15:6; Eze 3:20
Ho 4:15,16; 11:7; Heb 10:38,39; 2Pe 2:18-22
and those.
Ps 10:4; 14:2,3; Isa 43:22; Ho 7:7; Ro 3:11; Heb 2:3

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Context

  • Zephaniah 1:5

    And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham;

  • Zephaniah 1:6

    And them that are turned back from the Lord; and those that have not sought the Lord, nor enquired for him.

  • Zephaniah 1:7

    Hold 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 guests.

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Zephaniah 1:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y á los que tornan atrás de en pos de Jehová; y á los que no buscaron á Jehová, ni preguntaron por él.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et ceux qui se détournent de l’ Éternel, et ceux qui ne cherchent pas l’ Éternel et ne s’enquièrent pas de lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und die von Jehova zurückweichen, und die Jehova nicht suchen noch nach ihm fragen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et qui avertuntur de post tergum Domini, et qui non quæsierunt Dominum, nec investigaverunt eum.