Verse List for ZEP 3:9

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) ⇔  Then I’ll be sure to give pure speech to the peoples, ⇔ so all of them can pray to Yahweh, ⇔ and serve him side-by-side.

OET-LV If/because then I _will _restore to peoples a _lip purified to_call of _them _of_all in/on_name _of YHWH to_serve_him a _shoulder one.

ULT Then I will surely give to the peoples a pure lip, ⇔  for all of them to call upon the name of Yahweh, ⇔  to serve him, with one shoulder.

UST But after that, I will make the people groups ⇔  do what is right and say what is right. ⇔ That way all of them will worship me, Yahweh. ⇔  I will be the only God whom any of them worship.

BSB & MSB For then I will restore ⇔  pure lips to the peoples, ⇔ that all may call upon the name of the LORD ⇔  and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

OEB For then I will purify the lips of all peoples, so that they will all call on the Lord’s name, to serve him with one accord.

CSB For I will then restore pure speech to the peoples so that all of them may call on the name of the LORD and serve him with a single purpose.

NLT “Then I will purify the speech of all people, so that everyone can worship the LORD together.

NIV “Then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the LORD and serve him shoulder to shoulder.

CEV I will purify each language and make those languages acceptable for praising me. Then, with hearts united, everyone will serve only me, the LORD.

ESV “For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord.

NASB “For then I will give to the peoples purified lips, That all of them may call on the name of the LORD, To serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

LSB For then I will change them to peoples with purified lips, That all of them may call on the name of Yahweh, To serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

WEBBE & WMBB For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on the LORD’s name, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.

MSG God Is in Charge at the Center (9-13) “In the end I will turn things around for the people. I’ll give them a language undistorted, unpolluted, Words to address God in worship and, united, to serve me with their shoulders to the wheel. They’ll come from beyond the Ethiopian rivers, they’ll come praying— All my scattered, exiled people will come home with offerings for worship. You’ll no longer have to be ashamed of all those acts of rebellion. I’ll have gotten rid of your arrogant leaders. No more pious strutting on my holy hill! I’ll leave a core of people among you who are poor in spirit— What’s left of Israel that’s really Israel. They’ll make their home in God. This core holy people will not do wrong. They won’t lie, won’t use words to flatter or seduce. Content with who they are and where they are, unanxious, they’ll live at peace.” * * *

NET Know for sure that I will then enable ⇔ the nations to give me acceptable praise. ⇔ All of them will invoke the Lord’s name when they pray, ⇔ and will worship him in unison.

LSV For then I turn a pure lip to peoples,
To call all of them by the Name of YHWH,
To serve Him [with] one shoulder.

FBV For then I will give the nations pure speech so they can all pray and worship the Lord together.

T4T ⇔  When that happens, I will cause all people [MTY] to be changed ⇔  and enable them to speak only what is ◄pure/pleasing to me►, ⇔  in order that everyone can worship me [MTY] ⇔  and unitedly/together serve me [MTY].

LEB • Because then I will make the speech of the nations pure ;[fn]
• that all of them might call on the name of Yahweh,
• to serve him in unison .[fn]

NRSV At that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call on the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord.

NKJV “For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, That they all may call on the name of the LORD, To serve Him with one accord.

NAB For then I will make pure the speech of the peoples, That they all may call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one accord;

BBE For then I will give the people a clean language, so that they may all make prayer to the Lord and be his servants with one mind.

Moff [[Then will I grant the peoples a clean speech, ⇔ that all may call on the Eternal’s name, ⇔ and worship him with one consent;

JPS For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve Him with one consent.

ASV For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.

DRA Because then I will restore to the people a chosen lip, that all may call upon the name of the Lord, and may serve him with one shoulder.

YLT For then do I turn unto peoples a pure lip, To call all of them by the name of Jehovah, To serve Him [with] one shoulder.

Drby For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.

RV For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

SLT For then I will turn to the peoples a purified lip, for all to call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one shoulder.

Wbstr For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.

KJB-1769 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.[fn][fn]

KJB-1611 For then will I turne to the people a pure [fn]language, that they may all call vpon the Name of the LORD, to serue him with one [fn]consent.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and footnotes)

Bshps And then will I clense the lippes of the people, that they may euery one call vpon the name of the Lorde, and serue him with one consent.
(And then will I cleanse the lips of the people, that they may every one call upon the name of the Lord, and serve him with one consent.)

Gnva Surely then will I turne to the people a pure language, that they may all call vpon the Name of the Lord, to serue him with one cosent.
(Surely then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the Name of the Lord, to serve him with one cosent.)

Cvdl And then wil I clense the lippes of the people, that they maye euerychone call vpon the name of the LORDE, and serue him with one shulder.
(And then will I cleanse the lips of the people, that they may everychone call upon the name of the LORD, and serve him with one shoulder.)

Wycl For thanne Y schal yelde to puplis a chosun lippe, that alle clepe inwardli in the name of the Lord, and serue to hym with o schuldre.
(For then I shall yield to peoples a chosen lip, that all call inwardly in the name of the Lord, and serve to him with o shoulder.)

Luth Alsdann will ich den Völkern anders predigen lassen mit freundlichen Lippen, daß sie alle sollen des HErr’s Namen anrufen und ihm dienen einträchtiglich.
(Then will I the peoples different preaching let with friendlyn lips, that they/she/them all should the LORD’s name(s) call and him serve/be_of_service harmonious.)

ClVg [Quia tunc reddam populis labium electum, ut invocent omnes in nomine Domini, et serviant ei humero uno.
([Because then I_will_pay of_the_peoples lip chosen, as invocent everyone in/into/on by_name Master, and serve to_him shoulder one.)

UHB כִּֽי־אָ֛ז אֶהְפֹּ֥ךְ אֶל־עַמִּ֖ים שָׂפָ֣ה בְרוּרָ֑ה לִ⁠קְרֹ֤א כֻלָּ⁠ם֙ בְּ⁠שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה לְ⁠עָבְד֖⁠וֹ שְׁכֶ֥ם אֶחָֽד׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὅτι τότε μεταστρέψω ἐπὶ λαοὺς γλῶσσαν εἰς γενεὰν αὐτῆς, τοῦ ἐπικαλεῖσθαι πάντας τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου, τοῦ δουλεύειν αὐτῷ ὑπὸ ζυγὸν ἕνα.

BrTr For then will I turn to the peoples a tongue for her generation, that all may call on the name of the Lord, to serve him under one yoke.