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Zephaniah 2:6
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KJ21
And the seacoast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
ASV
And the sea-coast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.
AMP
So the [depopulated] seacoast shall be pastures, With [deserted] meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
AMPC
And the seacoast shall be pastures, with [deserted] dwelling places and caves for shepherds and folds for flocks.
BRG
And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
CSB
The seacoast will become pasturelands with caves for shepherds and pens for sheep.
CSBA
The seacoast will become pasturelands with caves for shepherds and pens for sheep.
CEB
The seacoast will become pastureland, with wells for shepherds and pens for the flocks.
CJB
The seacoast will be reduced to pastures, meadows for shepherds, pens for sheep;
CEV
Your seacoast will be changed into pastureland and sheep pens.
DARBY
and the sea-coast shall be cave-dwellings for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
DRA
And the sea coast shall be the resting place of shepherds, and folds for cattle:
ERV
Your land by the sea will become empty fields for shepherds and their sheep.
EASY
By the sea, there will be houses for people who feed sheep. There will be safe places for their sheep.
EHV
The seacoast will become pastureland, with shelters for shepherds and sheep pens for flocks.
ESV
And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures, with meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
ESVUK
And you, O sea coast, shall be pastures, with meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
EXB
The land by the ·Mediterranean Sea, in which you live [L sea], will become pastures, ·fields [or shelters; or having wells] for shepherds, and pens for ·sheep [flocks].
GNV
And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds and sheepfolds.
GW
The seacoast will become pastureland with meadows for shepherds and fenced-off places for sheep.
GNT
Your land by the sea will become open fields with shepherd's huts and sheep pens.
HCSB
The seacoast will become pasturelands with caves for shepherds and folds for sheep.
ICB
You live in the land by the Mediterranean Sea. It will be a place for shepherds and sheep.
ISV
The Philistine coast will become meadows for shepherds and sheep pens.
JUB
And the sea coast shall be for dwellings and cottages for pastors, and sheepfolds.
KJV
And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
AKJV
And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
LSB
So the seacoast will be pastures, With caves for shepherds and folds for flocks.
LEB
And you, O region of the sea, shall become pastures and meadows for shepherds and sheep pens for the flocks.
TLB
The coastland will become a pasture, a place of shepherd camps and folds for sheep.
MSG
The lands of the seafarers will become pastureland, A country for shepherds and sheep. What’s left of the family of Judah will get it. Day after day they’ll pasture by the sea, and go home in the evening to Ashkelon to sleep. Their very own God will look out for them. He’ll make things as good as before. * * *
MEV
The seacoast will be pastures, with meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
NOG
The seacoast will become pastureland with meadows for shepherds and fenced-off places for sheep.
NABRE
You shall become fields for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
NASB
So the seacoast will become grazing places, With pastures for shepherds and folds for flocks.
NASB1995
So the seacoast will be pastures, With caves for shepherds and folds for flocks.
NCB
The coastland of the Cretans will be reduced to pastures, to grazing grounds for shepherds and folds for flocks.
NCV
The land by the Mediterranean Sea, in which you live, will become pastures, fields for shepherds, and pens for sheep.
NET
The seacoast will be used as pasture lands by the shepherds and as pens for their flocks.
NIRV
The land by the sea will become grasslands. It will have wells for shepherds and pens for flocks.
NIV
The land by the sea will become pastures having wells for shepherds and pens for flocks.
NIVUK
The land by the sea will become pastures having wells for shepherds and sheepfolds for flocks.
NKJV
The seacoast shall be pastures, With shelters for shepherds and folds for flocks.
NLV
The land by the sea will be open fields, a place for shepherds and fences for sheep.
NLT
The Philistine coast will become a wilderness pasture, a place of shepherd camps and enclosures for sheep and goats.
NRSVA
And you, O sea coast, shall be pastures, meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
NRSVACE
And you, O sea coast, shall be pastures, meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
NRSVCE
And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures, meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
NRSVUE
And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures, meadows for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
OJB
And the seacoast shall be dwellings and meadows for ro’im (shepherds), and pens for tzon.
RGT
And the seacoast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds and sheepfolds.
RSV
And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures, meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
RSVCE
And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures, meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
TLV
The seacoast will become pastures, with meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
VOICE
Their valuable coastlands will become pastures for our sheep, meadows for our shepherds, and pens for our flocks.
WEB
The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.
WYC
and the little part of the sea shall be rest of shepherds, and folds of sheep. (and the sea coast shall be a resting place for shepherds, and folds for sheep.)
YLT
And the sea-coast hath been habitations, Cottages [for] shepherds, and folds [for] a flock.
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