Zephaniah 3:17 “The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice…”

Zephaniah 3:17

The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

World English Bible

The LORD, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

American Standard Version

Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord thy God in the middes of thee is mightie: hee will saue, hee will reioyce ouer thee with ioye: he will quiet himselfe in his loue: he will reioyce ouer thee with ioy.

Darby Translation

Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, a mighty one that will save: he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will exult over thee with singing.

Young's Literal Translation

Jehovah thy God [is] in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'

Bible in Basic English

The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.

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Cross references

“in the”

Zephaniah 3:15 Zephaniah 3:5

Zephaniah 3:15 · BSB

The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.

Zephaniah 3:5 · BSB

The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.

“is mighty”

Hebrews 7:25 Isaiah 12:2 Isaiah 12:6 Isaiah 9:6 Genesis 17:1 Genesis 18:14

Hebrews 7:25 · BSB

Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

Isaiah 12:2 · BSB

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

Isaiah 12:6 · BSB

Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 9:6 · BSB

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Genesis 17:1 · BSB

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

Genesis 18:14 · BSB

Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”

“will rejoice”

Psalm 149:4 Psalm 147:11 Jeremiah 32:41 Deuteronomy 30:9 Isaiah 65:19 John 15:11

Psalm 149:4 · BSB

For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.

Psalm 147:11 · BSB

The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.

Jeremiah 32:41 · BSB

Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

Deuteronomy 30:9 · BSB

So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your prosperity…

Isaiah 65:19 · BSB

I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.

John 15:11 · BSB

I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

“he will”

John 13:1 Genesis 1:31 Isaiah 18:4 Genesis 2:2

John 13:1 · BSB

It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.

Genesis 1:31 · BSB

And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Isaiah 18:4 · BSB

For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

Genesis 2:2 · BSB

And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

Also

Isaiah 63:1

Isaiah 63:1 · BSB

Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16On that day they will say to Jerusalem: “Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands fall limp.

18“I will gather those among you who grieve over the appointed feasts, so that you will no longer suffer reproach.

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