Zephaniah 3:5
The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
Zephaniah 3:5 in other translations
| BSB | The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame. |
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| WEB | The LORD, within her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn’t fail, but the unjust know no shame. |
| ASV | Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. |
| YLT | Jehovah is righteous in her midst, He doth not do perverseness, Morning by morning His judgment he giveth to the light, It hath not been lacking, And the perverse doth not know shame. |
| DARBY | The righteous Jehovah is in the midst of her: he doeth no wrong. Every morning doth he bring his judgment to light; it faileth not: but the unrighteous knoweth no shame. |
| BBE | The Lord in her is upright; he will not do evil; every morning he lets his righteousness be seen, he is unchanging; but the evil-doer has no sense of shame. |
| Webster | The just LORD is in the midst of her; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. |
What does Zephaniah 3:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zephaniah 3:5-7
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zephaniah 3:1-7
The holy God hates sin most in those nearest to him. A sinful state is, and will be, a woful state. Yet they had the tokens of God's presence, and all the advantages of knowing his will, with the strongest reasons to do it; still they persisted in disobedience. Alas, that men often are more active in doing wickedness than believers are in doing good.
Zephaniah 3:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Zephaniah 3:5
- Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
- Psalms 145:17
The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
- Lamentations 3:23
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
- 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.
- Isaiah 12:6
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
- Isaiah 28:19
From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 23:14
For the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
- Psalms 99:3-4
Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
- 1 Peter 1:17
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
- Romans 3:26
To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
- Jeremiah 6:15
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
De 32:4; Ps 99:3,4; 145:17; Ec 3:16,17; Isa 45:21; Hab 1:3; Zec 9:9
Ro 3:26; 1Pe 1:17
is in.
15,17; De 23:14; Isa 12:6; Eze 48:35; Mic 3:11; Zec 2:5
he will.
Ge 18:25; Job 8:3; 34:10,17-19
every morning. Heb. morning by morning.
Isa 28:19; 33:2; 50:4; Jer 21:12; La 3:23
bring.
Ps 37:6; Isa 42:3,4; Mic 7:9; Lu 12:2; Ro 2:5; 1Co 4:5
but.
Jer 3:3; 6:15; 8:12
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Context
- Zephaniah 3:4
Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
- Zephaniah 3:5
The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
- Zephaniah 3:6
I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
Zephaniah 3:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Jehová justo en medio de ella, no hará iniquidad: de mañana sacará á luz su juicio, nunca falta: mas el perverso no tiene vergüenza. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | L’ Éternel juste est au milieu d’elle; il ne commet pas l’iniquité; chaque matin il met en lumière son juste jugement; il ne fait pas défaut; mais l’inique ne connaît pas la honte. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jehova ist gerecht in ihrer Mitte, er tut kein Unrecht; Morgen für Morgen stellt er sein Recht ans Licht, ohne zu fehlen. Aber der Ungerechte kennt keine Scham. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dominus justus in medio ejus non faciet iniquitatem; mane, mane judicium suum dabit in lucem, et non abscondetur; nescivit autem iniquus confusionem. |