Zephaniah 1:9

Verse

On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.

American Standard Version (1901)

And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

Bible in Basic English

And in that day I will send punishment on all those who come jumping over the doorstep and make their master's house full of violent behaviour and deceit.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And I will visit in that day upon every one that entereth arrogantly over the threshold: them that fill the house of the Lord their God with iniquity and deceit.

Free Bible Version

I will also punish those who jump over the threshold. On that day I will punish those who fill up their masters' houses using violence and deception.

Geneva Bible 1599

In the same day also will I visite all those that dance vpon the threshold so proudly, which fill their masters houses by crueltie and deceite.

King James (Authorized) Version

In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

Translation for Translators

I will punish those who show that they revere their god Dagan by avoiding stepping on the threshold of his temple, and those who do violent things and tell lies in the temples of their gods.”

Unlocked Literal Bible

On that day I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, those who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.

Noah Webster Bible

In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshhold, who fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

World English Bible

In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have laid a charge on every one Who is leaping over the threshold in that day, Who are filling the house of their masters [With] violence and deceit.

Context

The Day of the LORD

⁸“On the Day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of the king, and all who are dressed in foreign apparel. ⁹On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit. ¹⁰On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.

Summary

In Zephaniah 1:9, the prophet warns of the impending judgment of God upon those who are complacent and indifferent towards Him. The verse describes the punishment that will come upon those who are settled in their ways and do not seek the Lord. It serves as a reminder that God is just and will hold people accountable for their actions. This passage calls for repentance and a turning back to God before it is too late, emphasizing the importance of seeking Him wholeheartedly.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

That leap on the threshold - Or, that leap over the threshold. It is most probable that the Philistines are here meant. After the time that Dagon fell before the ark, and his hands were broken off on the threshold of his temple, his worshippers would no more set a foot upon the threshold, but stepped or leaped over it, when they entered into his temple. The Chaldee understands this of the Philistines, without giving this reason for it. Some understand it of haughtiness and pride: others think that leaping on the threshold refers to the customs of the Arabs, who used to ride into people's houses and take away whatever they could carry; and that this is the reason why, in several parts of the East, they have their doors made very low, to prevent those depredators from entering. In this manner, we learn the Persians have frequently oppressed the poor Armenians, going on horseback into their houses, and taking whatever they thought proper. Mr. Harmer understands it in this way.

John Gill Bible Commentary

In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold Not in a ludicrous way, who, by dancing and leaping, made sport for persons, and brought their masters much gain, as the damsel possessed with a spirit of divination did, ( Acts 16:16 ) rather, that entered rashly and irreverently into the house of God; or else in an idolatrous way, who, when they went into an idol's temple, did not tread upon the threshold, but leaped over it, as the priests of Dagon, after the fall of that idol on the threshold, ( 1 Samuel 5:4 1 Samuel 5:5 ) . So the Targum, ``and I will visit all those that walk in the laws (or according to the customs) of the Philistines;'' whose idol Dagon was: but it seems better to interpret it of such, who, seeing houses full of good things, in a rude, bold, insolent manner, thrust themselves, or jumped into them, and took away what they pleased; or when they returned to their masters' houses with their spoil, who set them on, and encouraged them in these practices, leaped over the threshold for joy of what they had got, as Aben Ezra observes; which agrees with what follows: which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit; that is, with goods got by rapine and force, and by fraudulent ways and methods: this is to be understood of the servants of great men, who, to feed the ambition and avarice of their masters, used very oppressive methods with inferior persons to get their substance from them, and gratify their masters. Cocceius interprets these "three" verses of the day of Christ's coming in the flesh being at hand, when the true sacrifice should be offered up, and God would call his people to feed by faith upon it; when all civil power and authority in the sanhedrim and family of David should be removed from the Jews; and all friendship with the nations of the world, signified by likeness of garments; and the priestly dignity, the priests, according to him, being those that leaped over the threshold; that is, of the house of the Lord, the temple, and filled it with the spoil of widows' houses, unsupportable precepts, and false doctrines.

Zephaniah 1:9

The Day of the LORD

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Berean Standard Bible

On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.

American Standard Version (1901)

And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

Bible in Basic English

And in that day I will send punishment on all those who come jumping over the doorstep and make their master's house full of violent behaviour and deceit.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And I will visit in that day upon every one that entereth arrogantly over the threshold: them that fill the house of the Lord their God with iniquity and deceit.

Free Bible Version

I will also punish those who jump over the threshold. On that day I will punish those who fill up their masters' houses using violence and deception.

Geneva Bible 1599

In the same day also will I visite all those that dance vpon the threshold so proudly, which fill their masters houses by crueltie and deceite.

King James (Authorized) Version

In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

Translation for Translators

I will punish those who show that they revere their god Dagan by avoiding stepping on the threshold of his temple, and those who do violent things and tell lies in the temples of their gods.”

Unlocked Literal Bible

On that day I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, those who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.

Noah Webster Bible

In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshhold, who fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

World English Bible

In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have laid a charge on every one Who is leaping over the threshold in that day, Who are filling the house of their masters [With] violence and deceit.

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Zephaniah 1:9

Verse

Context

The Day of the LORD

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Zephaniah 1:9

The Day of the LORD

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes