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Zephaniah 2:15

Zephaniah 2:15 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

15This is the city of revelry
that lived in safety.
She said to herself,
“I am the one! And there is none besides me.”
What a ruin she has become,
a lair for wild beasts!
All who pass by her scoff
and shake their fists.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

15This is the presumptuous city
That dwells securely,
Who says in her heart,
“I am, and there is no one besides me.”
How she has become a desolation,
A resting place for animals!
Everyone who passes by her will hiss
And wave his hand in contempt.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

15This is the joyous city
Which dwells carelessly [feeling so secure],
Who says in her heart,
“I am, and there is no one besides me.”
What a desolation she has become,
A lair for [wild] animals!
Everyone who passes by her will hiss [in scorn]
And wave his hand in contempt. [Is 10:5-34; 47:8, 10]

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

15This carefree city
that dwells securely,
that thinks to herself:
“I am it, and there is none besides me,”
what a ruin she has become,
a resting place for beasts.
Everyone who passes by her
hisses and shakes his fist.

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American Standard Version (ASV)

15This is the joyous city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

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Geneva Bible (GNV)

15This is the reioycing citie that dwelt carelesse, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how is she made waste, and the lodging of the beastes! euery one that passeth by her, shall hisse and wagge his hand.

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World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)

15This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.” How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss and shake their fists.

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

15Nineveh was a carefree city.
It lived in safety.
It said to itself,
“I am the one!
No one is greater than I am.”
But it has been destroyed.
Wild animals make their home there.
All those who pass by laugh
and shake their fists at it.

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EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)

15All this will happen to that proud city,
the city where people were happy and safe.
They thought, ‘We live in the best city of all!
No other city is as great as our city!’
But now that city will become a heap of stones.
Only wild animals will have their homes there.
Everyone who sees that place will laugh at it.
They will shake their fistsbecause it has lost its power.

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Literal Standard Version (LSV)

15This [is] the exulting city that is dwelling confidently, || That is saying in her heart, || “I [am], and there is none beside me,” || How she has been for a desolation, || A crouching-place for beasts, || Everyone passing by her hisses, || He shakes his hand!

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