Zephaniah 3:9
ContextNET © | Know for sure that I will then enable the nations to give me acceptable praise. 1 All of them will invoke the Lord’s name when they pray, 2 and will worship him in unison. 3 |
NIV © | "Then will I purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the LORD and serve him shoulder to shoulder. |
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. |
NLT © | "On that day I will purify the lips of all people, so that everyone will be able to worship the LORD together. |
MSG © | "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. |
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. |
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. |
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NET © | Know for sure that I will then enable the nations to give me acceptable praise. 1 All of them will invoke the Lord’s name when they pray, 2 and will worship him in unison. 3 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “Certainly [or perhaps, “For”] then I will restore to the nations a pure lip.” sn I will then enable the nations to give me acceptable praise. This apparently refers to a time when the nations will reject their false idol-gods and offer genuine praise to the one true God. 2 tn Heb “so that all of them will call on the name of the 3 tn Heb “so that [they] will serve him [with] one shoulder.” |