Zephaniah 1:17
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
I will bring distressוַהֲצֵרֹ֣תִי
(va·ha·tze·ro·ti)
6887a: to bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or crampeda prim. root
on menלָאָדָ֗ם
(la·'a·dam)
120: man, mankindfrom an unused word
So that they will walkוְהָֽלְכוּ֙
(ve·ha·le·chu)
1980: to go, come, walka prim. root
like the blind,כַּֽעִוְרִ֔ים
(ka·'iv·rim,)
5787: blindfrom avar
Becauseכִּ֥י
(ki)
3588: that, for, whena prim. conjunction
they have sinnedחָטָ֑אוּ
(cha·ta·'u;)
2398: to miss, go wrong, sina prim. root
against the LORD;לַֽיהוָ֖ה
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
And their bloodדָּמָם֙
(da·mam)
1818: blooda prim. root
will be pouredוְשֻׁפַּ֤ךְ
(ve·shup·pach)
8210: to pour out, poura prim. root
out like dustכֶּֽעָפָ֔ר
(ke·'a·far,)
6083: dry earth, dustfrom an unused word
And their fleshוּלְחֻמָ֖ם
(u·le·chu·mam)
3894: intestines, bowelsfrom lacham
like dung. 
 
1557: dungfrom galal


















KJV Lexicon
And I will bring distress
tsarar  (tsaw-rar')
to cramp, literally or figuratively
upon men
'adam  (aw-dawm')
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) -- another, + hypocrite, + common sort, low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
that they shall walk
halak  (haw-lak')
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
like blind men
`ivver  (iv-vare')
blind -- blind (men, people).
because they have sinned
chata'  (khaw-taw')
to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
against the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
and their blood
dam  (dawm)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
shall be poured out
shaphak  (shaw-fak')
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out -- cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.
as dust
`aphar  (aw-fawr')
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud -- ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
and their flesh
lachuwm  (law-khoom')
eaten, i.e. food; also flesh, i.e. body -- while...is eating, flesh.
as the dung
gelel  (gay'-lel)
dung (plural balls of dung) -- dung.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind, Because they have sinned against the LORD; And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung.

King James Bible
And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will bring distress on mankind, and they will walk like the blind because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.

International Standard Version
"And I'll bring so much distress to people that they will walk around like the blind. Because they have sinned against the LORD, their blood will be poured out like dust and their intestines will spill out like manure.

NET Bible
I will bring distress on the people and they will stumble like blind men, for they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dirt; their flesh will be scattered like manure.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"I will bring such distress on humans that they will walk like they are blind, because they have sinned against the LORD." Their blood will be poured out like dust and their intestines like manure.

King James 2000 Bible
And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh like refuse.
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