Verse List for ZEP 1:12

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OET (OET-RV) I will search Yerushalem with lamps at that time, ⇔ and I will punish those who’ve sunk to the bottom— ⇔ the ones who tell themselves, ⇔  ‘Yahweh will never take action—either good or bad.’

OET-LV And_it _was at_time (the)_that I _will _search DOM Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) with_lamps and_I _will _visit_judgement on the_people who_are_thickening on lees _of_their who_are_saying in_heart _of_their not he _will _do _good YHWH and_not he _will _do _harm.

ULT And it will happen at that time, ⇔ I will search Jerusalem with lamps, ⇔  and I will visit upon the men thickening on their sediment, ⇔ the ones saying in their heart, ⇔  ‘Yahweh will not do good, and he will not do bad,’

UST At that time, it will be as if I light lanterns and search even in the darkest places in Jerusalem ⇔  to find wicked people and punish them. ⇔ I am going to punish the people who do not even care that they are doing wicked things. ⇔  They wrongly think that I, Yahweh, do not make people experience the consequences of their actions.

BSB & MSB And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps ⇔  and punish the men settled in complacency,[fn] ⇔ who say to themselves, ⇔  ‘The LORD will do nothing, ⇔  either good or bad.’

OEB ⇔  I will search Jerusalem with a lamp, ⇔  I will punish those who are at ease, ⇔ who sit comfortably with their wine, ⇔  who say to themselves, ⇔ ‘the Lord brings neither prosperity nor calamity.’

WEBBE & WMBB It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, “The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.”

NET At that time I will search through Jerusalem with lamps. ⇔ I will punish the people who are entrenched in their sin, ⇔ those who think to themselves, ⇔ ‘The Lord neither rewards nor punishes.’

LSV And it has come to pass at that time,
I search Jerusalem with lights,
And I have laid a charge on the men
Who are hardened on their preserved things,
Who are saying in their heart: YHWH does no good, nor does He do evil.

FBV At that time I will search through Jerusalem with lamps and I will punish those self-satisfied people, who are like wine left on its dregs, who say to themselves, “The Lord will not do good, nor will he do evil.”[fn]

T4T It will be as though I will light lanterns to search in dark places in Jerusalem ⇔  for those who have become very satisfied with their behavior and complacent about their sins. ⇔ They think that I, Yahweh, will do nothing to them, ⇔  neither good things nor bad things.

LEB • And it shall be that at that time
• I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
• and I will punish the men
• whose senses are dulled from drinking ,[fn]
• who say in their hearts,
• ‘Yahweh will not do good, nor will he do evil.’

BBE And it will come about at that time, that I will go searching through Jerusalem with lights; and I will send punishment on the men who have become like wine stored over-long, who say to themselves, The Lord will not do good and will not do evil.

Moff For I am searching Jerusalem with a lamp, ⇔ to punish careless men, living at ease, ⇔ who think the Eternal never does anything--

JPS And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart: 'The LORD will not do good, neither will He do evil.'

ASV And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil.

DRA And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and will visit upon the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their hearts: The Lord will not do good, nor will he do evil.

YLT And it hath come to pass, at that time, I search Jerusalem with lights, And I have laid a charge on the men Who are hardened on their preserved things, Who are saying in their heart: Jehovah doth no good, nor doth He evil.

Drby And it shall come to pass at that time, [that] I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil.

RV And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
(And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Yerusalem with candles; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.)

SLT And it was in that time, I will search out Jerusalem with lights, and I reviewed upon the men curdled upon their lees, saying in their heart, Jehovah will do good and not evil.

Wbstr And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.

KJB-1769 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.[fn]
(And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Yerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.)

KJB-1611 And it shall come to passe at that time, that I wil search Ierusalem with candles, and punish the men that are [fn]setled on their lees, that say in their heart, The LORD will not doe good, neither will he doe euill.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps At the same time will I searche Hierusalem with lanternes, and visite them that continue in their dregges, and say in their heartes, Tush, the Lorde will do neither good nor euyll.
(At the same time will I search Yerusalem with lanterns, and visit them that continue in their dregs, and say in their hearts, Tush, the Lord will do neither good nor evil.)

Gnva And at that time will I searche Ierusalem with lightes, and visite the men that are frosen in their dregges, and say in their heartes, The Lord will neither doe good nor doe euill.
(And at that time will I search Yerusalem with lights, and visit the men that are frosen in their dregs, and say in their hearts, The Lord will neither do good nor do evil.)

Cvdl At the same tyme wil I seke thorow Ierusalem with lanternes, and vyset them that contynue in their dregges, and saye in their hertes: Tush, the LORDE wil do nether good ner euell.
(At the same time will I seek through Yerusalem with lanterns, and visit them that continue in their dregs, and say in their hearts: Tush, the LORD will do neither good nor evil.)

Wycl And it schal be, in that tyme Y schal seke Jerusalem with lanternes, and Y schal visite on alle men piyt in her darstis, whiche seien in her hertis, The Lord schal not do wel, and he schal not do yuele.
(And it shall be, in that time I shall seek Yerusalem with lanterns, and I shall visit on all men pitched in her darstis, which said in her hearts, The Lord shall not do well, and he shall not do evil.)

Luth Zur selbigen Zeit will ich Jerusalem mit Laternen durchsuchen und will heimsuchen die Leute, die auf ihren Hefen liegen und sprechen in ihrem Herzen: Der HErr wird weder Gutes noch Böses tun.
(To/For same time/period will I Yerusalem with Laternen throughuchen and will attack/beset/plague the people/folk, the on/in/to your(pl) yeasts lie/lay and speak in their/her heart(s): The LORD becomes neither goodness/good_(person) still evil(n) do/put.)

ClVg Et erit in tempore illo: scrutabor Jerusalem in lucernis, et visitabo super viros defixos in fæcibus suis, qui dicunt in cordibus suis: Non faciet bene Dominus, et non faciet male.
(And will_be in/into/on at_the_time that/there: scrutabor Yerusalem in/into/on lightrnis, and I_will_visit over men defixos in/into/on fæcibus to_his_own, who/which they_say in/into/on hearts to_his_own: Not/No will_do well Master, and not/no will_do male.)

UHB וְ⁠הָיָה֙ בָּ⁠עֵ֣ת הַ⁠הִ֔יא אֲחַפֵּ֥שׂ אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בַּ⁠נֵּר֑וֹת וּ⁠פָקַדְתִּ֣י עַל־הָ⁠אֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַ⁠קֹּֽפְאִים֙ עַל־שִׁמְרֵי⁠הֶ֔ם הָ⁠אֹֽמְרִים֙ בִּ⁠לְבָבָ֔⁠ם לֹֽא־יֵיטִ֥יב יְהוָ֖ה וְ⁠לֹ֥א יָרֵֽעַ׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, ἐξερευνήσω τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ μετὰ λύχνου, καὶ ἐκδικήσω ἐπὶ τοὺς ἄνδρας τοὺς καταφρονοῦντας ἐπὶ τὰ φυλάγματα αὐτῶν· οἱ δὲ λέγοντες ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, οὐ μὴ ἀγαθοποιήσῃ Κύριος, οὐδὲ μὴ κακώσῃ·

BrTr And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will search Jerusalem with a candle, and will take vengeance on the men that despise the things committed to them; but they say in their hearts, The Lord will not do any good, neither will he do any evil.