Zephaniah 3 · Verse 17

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

Zephaniah 3:17, King James Version

Zephaniah 3:17 in other translations

BSB	The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
WEB	The LORD, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
ASV	Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.
YLT	Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'
DARBY	Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, a mighty one that will save: he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will exult over thee with singing.
BBE	The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.
Webster	The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

What does Zephaniah 3:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

17. he will rest in his love--content with it as His supreme delight (compare Lu 15:7, 10) [Calvin], (Is 62:5; 65:19). Or, He shall be silent, namely as to thy faults, not imputing them to thee [Maurer] (Psa 32:2; Eze 33:16). I prefer explaining it of that calm silent joy in the possession of the object of one's love, too great for words to express: just as God after the six days of creation rested with silent satisfaction in His work, for "behold it was very good" (Ge 1:31; 2:2). So the parallel clause by contrast expresses the joy, not kept silent as this, but uttered in "singing."

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 17 The Lord thy God - יהוה אלהיך Yehovah Eloheycha, "The self-existent and eternal Being, who is in covenant with you;" the character of God in reference to the Jews when standing in the nearest relation to them. Is mighty - גבור gibbor, is the prevailing One, the all-conquering Hero. The character which is given to Christ, Isa 9:6 : "His name shall be called אל גבור El gibbor, the prevailing Almighty God." He will save - Deliver thee from all the power from all the guilt, and from all the pollution of thy sins; and when thus saved "he will rejoice over thee with joy," with peculiar gladness. "He will rest in his love," - he will renew his love. He will show the same love to you that he did of old to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He will joy over thee with singing - The conversion of the Jews will be a subject of peculiar delight and exultation to God himself! There will be a more than ordinary joy in heaven, when the Jews return to God through Christ. This event cannot be at a great distance; they are as wretched and as ungodly as they can well be. The arms of Christians are open to receive them; and all things are now ready!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zephaniah 3:14-20

After the promises of taking away sin, follow promises of taking away trouble. When the cause is removed, the effect will cease. What makes a people holy, will make them happy. The precious promises made to the purified people, were to have full accomplishment in the gospel. These verses appear chiefly to relate to the future conversion and restoration of Israel, and the glorious times which are to follow. They show…

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Zephaniah 3:17 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.

יְהוָ֧הYah.wehYahwehH3068

אֱלֹהַ֛יִךְ'e.lo.Ha.yikhGod yourH430

בְּקִרְבֵּ֖ךbe.kir.Bekh[is] in midst yourH7130

גִּבּ֣וֹרgi.Bora warriorH1368

יוֹשִׁ֑יעַyo.Shi.a'[who] he will give victoryH3467

יָשִׂ֨ישׂya.Sishe will rejoiceH7797

עָלַ֜יִךְ'a.La.yikhon youH5921

בְּשִׂמְחָ֗הbe.sim.Chahwith joyH8057

יַחֲרִישׁ֙ya.cha.Rishhe will be silentH2790

בְּאַ֣הֲבָת֔וֹbe.'A.ha.va.Toin love hisH160

יָגִ֥ילya.Gilhe will be gladH1523

עָלַ֖יִךְ'a.La.yikhon youH5921

בְּרִנָּֽה\׃be.ri.Nahwith a shout of joyH7440

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Cross references for Zephaniah 3:17

Psalms 149:4
For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
Psalms 147:11
The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Hebrews 7:25
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Isaiah 62:4-5
Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi–bah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
Jeremiah 32:41
Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
Isaiah 12:2
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Zephaniah 3:15
The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
Deuteronomy 30:9
And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
Isaiah 65:19
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
John 15:11
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
Isaiah 12:6
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
Numbers 14:8
If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

in the.
5,15
is mighty.
Ge 17:1; 18:14; Ps 24:8-10; Isa 9:6; 12:2,6; 63:12; Heb 7:25
will rejoice.
Nu 14:8; De 30:9; Ps 147:11; 149:4; Isa 62:4,5; 65:19; Jer 32:41
Lu 15:5,6,23,24,32; Joh 15:11
he will.
Ge 1:31; 2:2; Isa 18:4; Joh 13:1
rest. Heb. be silent.

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Context

Zephaniah 3:16
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Zephaniah 3:18
I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

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Zephaniah 3:17 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Jehová en medio de ti, poderoso, él salvará; gozaráse sobre ti con alegría, callará de amor, se regocijará sobre ti con cantar.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	L’ Éternel, ton Dieu, au milieu de toi, est puissant; il sauvera; il se réjouira avec joie à ton sujet: il se reposera dans son amour, il s’égaiera en toi avec chant de triomphe.
German Elberfelder 1871	Jehova, dein Gott, ist in deiner Mitte, ein rettender Held; er freut sich über dich mit Wonne, er schweigt in seiner Liebe, frohlockt über dich mit Jubel.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Dominus Deus tuus in medio tui fortis, ipse salvabit: gaudebit super te in lætitia, silebit in dilectione sua, exsultabit super te in laude.