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Zephaniah 1:2

I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.

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אָסֹ֨ףasofdestroyאָסַףverb, qal, infinitive absolute — “destroy”, the verb used for emphasisH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…אָסֵ֜ףasefconsumeסוּףverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “consume”, an unfinished actionH5486to snatch away, i.e. terminateconsume, have an end, perish, [idiom] be utterly.כֹּ֗לkolallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “all”, the ordinary formH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).מֵעַ֛לmealfrom aboveעַלpreposition, preposition — “from above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…פְּנֵ֥יpenea- foreפָּנִיםnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…הָאֲדָמָ֖הhaadamahthe countryאֲדָמָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the country”, the ordinary formH127soil (from its general redness)country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.נְאֻםneumsaidנְאֻםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “said”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5002an oracle(hath) said, saith.יְהוָֽהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the earth, saith the LORD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

I utterly consume all from off the face of the ground, An affirmation of Jehovah.

World English Bible

I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.

Darby Translation

I will utterly take away everything from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah:

Douay-Rheims

Gathering, I will gather together all things from off the face of the land, saith the Lord:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the earth, saith the LORD.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let there be an utter cutting off from the face of the land, saith the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐκλείψει ἐκλιπέτω ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς, λέγει Κύριος.