New International Version (NIV)
3Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land,
you who do what he commands.
Seek righteousness, seek humility;
perhaps you will be sheltered
on the day of the Lord’s anger.
Zephaniah 2:3
Zephaniah 2:3 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
3Seek the Lord,
All you humble of the 2:3 Or landearth
Who have practiced His 2:3 Or justiceordinances;
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
Perhaps you will remain hidden
On the day of the Lord’s anger.
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
3Seek the Lord,
All you humble of the earth
Who have carried out His ordinances;
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
Perhaps you will be hidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
3Seek the Lord [search diligently for Him and regard Him as the foremost necessity of your life],
All you humble of the land
Who have practiced His ordinances and have kept His commandments;
Seek righteousness, seek humility [regard them as vital].
Perhaps you will be hidden [and pardoned and rescued]
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
3Seek the Lord, all you humble of the earth
who carry out His justice.
Seek righteousness; seek humility.
Perhaps you will be sheltered
on the day of the Lord’s anger.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
3So look to him, all you people in the land
who worship him faithfully.
You always do what he commands you to do.
Continue to do what is right.
Don’t be proud.
Then perhaps the Lord will keep you safe
on the day he pours out his anger on the world.