Zephaniah 3:6

NETBible

“I destroyed 1  nations; their walled cities 2  are in ruins. I turned their streets into ruins; no one passes through them. Their cities are desolate; 3  no one lives there. 4 

NIV ©

"I have cut off nations; their strongholds are demolished. I have left their streets deserted, with no-one passing through. Their cities are destroyed; no-one will be left—no-one at all.

NASB ©

"I have cut off nations; Their corner towers are in ruins. I have made their streets desolate, With no one passing by; Their cities are laid waste, Without a man, without an inhabitant.

NLT ©

"I have wiped out many nations, devastating their fortress walls and towers. Their cities are now deserted; their streets are in silent ruin. There are no survivors to even tell what happened.

MSG ©

"So I cut off the godless nations. I knocked down their defense posts, Filled her roads with rubble so no one could get through. Her cities were bombed-out ruins, unlivable and unlived in.

BBE ©

I have had the nations cut off, their towers are broken down; I have made their streets a waste so that no one goes through them: destruction has overtaken their towns, so that there is no man living in them.

NRSV ©

I have cut off nations; their battlements are in ruins; I have laid waste their streets so that no one walks in them; their cities have been made desolate, without people, without inhabitants.

NKJV ©

"I have cut off nations, Their fortresses are devastated; I have made their streets desolate, With none passing by. Their cities are destroyed; There is no one, no inhabitant.

KJV
I have cut off
<03772> (8689)
the nations
<01471>_:
their towers
<06438>
are desolate
<08074> (8738)_;
I made their streets
<02351>
waste
<02717> (8689)_,
that none passeth by
<05674> (8802)_:
their cities
<05892>
are destroyed
<06658> (8738)_,
so that there is no man
<0376>_,
that there is none inhabitant
<03427> (8802)_.
{towers: or, corners}
NASB ©
"I have cut
<3772>
off
<3772>
nations
<1471>
; Their corner
<6438>
towers
<6438>
are in ruins
<8074>
. I have made
<2717>
their streets
<2351>
desolate
<2717>
, With no
<1097>
one
<1097>
passing
<5674>
by; Their cities
<5892>
are laid
<6658>
waste
<6658>
, Without
<4480>
<1097> a man
<376>
, without
<4480>
<369> an inhabitant
<3427>
.
LXXM
en
<1722> 
PREP
diafyora
<1312> 
N-DSF
katespasa {V-AAI-1S} uperhfanouv
<5244> 
A-APM
hfanisyhsan {V-API-3P} gwniai
<1137> 
N-NPF
autwn
<846> 
D-GPM
exerhmwsw {V-FAI-1S} tav
<3588> 
T-APF
odouv
<3598> 
N-APF
autwn
<846> 
D-GPM
to
<3588> 
T-ASN
parapan {ADV} tou
<3588> 
T-GSN
mh
<3165> 
ADV
diodeuein
<1353> 
V-PAN
exelipon
<1587> 
V-AAI-3P
ai
<3588> 
T-NPF
poleiv
<4172> 
N-NPF
autwn
<846> 
D-GPM
para
<3844> 
PREP
to
<3588> 
T-ASN
mhdena
<3367> 
A-ASN
uparcein
<5225> 
V-PAN
mhde
<3366> 
CONJ
katoikein {V-PAN}
NET [draft] ITL
“I destroyed
<03772>
nations
<01471>
; their walled cities
<06438>
are in ruins
<08074>
. I turned their streets
<02351>
into ruins
<02717>
; no
<01097>
one passes through
<05674>
them. Their cities
<05892>
are desolate
<06658>
; no
<01097>
one
<0376>
lives
<03427>
there.
HEBREW
bswy
<03427>
Nyam
<0369>
sya
<0376>
ylbm
<01097>
Mhyre
<05892>
wdun
<06658>
rbwe
<05674>
ylbm
<01097>
Mtwuwx
<02351>
ytbrxh
<02717>
Mtwnp
<06438>
wmsn
<08074>
Mywg
<01471>
ytrkh (3:6)
<03772>
NETBible

“I destroyed 1  nations; their walled cities 2  are in ruins. I turned their streets into ruins; no one passes through them. Their cities are desolate; 3  no one lives there. 4 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “cut off.”

2 tn Heb “corner towers”; NEB, NRSV “battlements.”

3 tn This Hebrew verb (צָדָה, tsadah) occurs only here in the OT, but its meaning is established from the context and from an Aramaic cognate.

4 tn Heb “so that there is no man, without inhabitant.”