11 translations · Hebrew
Zephaniah 3:17
Yahweh, 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.
Zephaniah 3:17 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Yahweh, 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.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Your God YHWH [is] in your midst, || A mighty one [to] save, || He rejoices over you with joy, || He works in His love, || He delights over you with singing.”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The Lord your God is among you as a mighty warrior who saves. He will be so happy with you. He will renew his love for you. He will celebrate over you with loud singing.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 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.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- 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.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty, he will save: he will rejoice over thee with gladness, he will be silent in his love, he will be joyful over thee in praise.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוָ֧ה | Yah·weh | The LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֱלֹהַ֛יִךְ | ’ĕ·lō·ha·yiḵ | your God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| בְּקִרְבֵּ֖ך | bə·qir·bēḵ | is among you | H7130 קֶ֫רֶב entrails: among |
| גִּבּ֣וֹר | gib·bō·wr | He is mighty | H1368 גִּבּוֹר mighty man |
| יוֹשִׁ֑יעַ | yō·wō·šî·a‘ | to save | H3467 יָשַׁע to save |
| יָשִׂ֨ישׂ | yā·śîś | He will rejoice | H7797 שׂוּשׂ to rejoice |
| עָלַ֜יִךְ | ‘ā·la·yiḵ | over you | H5921 עַל upon |
| בְּשִׂמְחָ֗ה | bə·śim·ḥāh | with gladness | H8057 שִׂמְחָה joy |
| יַחֲרִישׁ֙ | ya·ḥă·rîš | He will quiet [you] | H2790 חָרַשׁ to plow/plot |
| בְּאַ֣הֲבָת֔וֹ | bə·’a·hă·ḇā·ṯōw | with His love | H160 אַהֲבָה love |
| יָגִ֥יל | yā·ḡîl | He will rejoice | H1523 גִּיל to rejoice |
| עָלַ֖יִךְ | ‘ā·la·yiḵ | over you | H5921 עַל upon |
| בְּרִנָּֽה׃ | bə·rin·nāh | with singing | H7440 רִנָּה cry |
Related verses
- Psalm 149:4
For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.
- Psalm 147:11
Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
- Hebrews 7:25
Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.
- Isaiah 62:4–5
You will not be called Forsaken any more; nor will your land be called Desolate any more: but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land will be married. For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
- Jeremiah 32:41
Yes, 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 will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
- Zephaniah 3:15
Yahweh has taken away your judgments. He has thrown out your enemy. The King of Israel, Yahweh, is among you. You will not be afraid of evil any more.
- Deuteronomy 30:9
Yahweh your God will make you plenteous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, for good; for Yahweh will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers;
- Isaiah 65:19
I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and delight in my people; and the voice of weeping and the voice of crying will be heard in her no more.
- John 15:11
I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
15 Yahweh has taken away your judgments. He has thrown out your enemy. The King of Israel, Yahweh, is among you. You will not be afraid of evil any more.
16 In that day, it will be said to Jerusalem, “Don’t be afraid, Zion. Don’t let your hands be weak.”
17 Yahweh, 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.
18 I will remove those who grieve about the appointed feasts from you. They are a burden and a reproach to you.
19 Behold, at that time I will deal with all those who afflict you, and I will save those who are lame, and gather those who were driven away. I will give them praise and honor, whose shame has been in all the earth.
Read all of Zephaniah 3 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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