Strong's Lexicon Her princes שָׂרֶ֣יהָ (śā·re·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8269: 1) prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain 1a) chieftain, leader 1b) vassal, noble, official (under king) 1c) captain, general, commander (military) 1d) chief, head, overseer (of other official classes) 1e) heads, princes (of religious office) 1f) elders (of representative leaders of people) 1g) merchant-princes (of rank and dignity) 1h) patron-angel 1i) Ruler of rulers (of God) 1j) warden are roaring שֹֽׁאֲגִ֑ים (šō·’ă·ḡîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7580: 1) (Qal) to roar 1a) of lion, conqueror, Jehovah, cry of distress lions; אֲרָי֖וֹת (’ă·rā·yō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 738: 1) lion 1a) pictures or images of lions her judges [are] שֹׁפְטֶ֙יהָ֙ (šō·p̄ə·ṭe·hā) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8199: 1) to judge, govern, vindicate, punish 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to act as law-giver or judge or governor (of God, man) 1a1a) to rule, govern, judge 1a2) to decide controversy (of God, man) 1a3) to execute judgment 1a3a) discriminating (of man) 1a3b) vindicating 1a3c) condemning and punishing 1a3d) at theophanic advent for final judgment 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to enter into controversy, plead, have controversy together 1b2) to be judged 1c) (Poel) judge, opponent-at-law (participle) evening עֶ֔רֶב (‘e·reḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6153: 1) evening, night, sunset 1a) evening, sunset 1b) night wolves, זְאֵ֣בֵי (zə·’ê·ḇê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 2061: 1) wolf leaving גָרְמ֖וּ (ḡā·rə·mū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 1633: 1) to cut off, reserve, lay aside, leave, save 1a) (Qal) to reserve 2) (Piel) to break bones, gnaw bones, break nothing לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) for the morning. לַבֹּֽקֶר׃ (lab·bō·qer) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1242: 1) morning, break of day 1a) morning 1a1) of end of night 1a2) of coming of daylight 1a3) of coming of sunrise 1a4) of beginning of day 1a5) of bright joy after night of distress (fig.) 1b) morrow, next day, next morning Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleHer princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning. Young's Literal Translation Her heads in her midst [are] roaring lions, Her judges [are] evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning. Holman Christian Standard Bible The princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the night, which leave nothing for the morning. New American Standard Bible Her princes within her are roaring lions, Her judges are wolves at evening; They leave nothing for the morning. King James Bible Her princes within her [are] roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. Parallel Verses New International Version Her officials within her are roaring lions; her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning. New Living Translation Its leaders are like roaring lions hunting for their victims. Its judges are like ravenous wolves at evening time, who by dawn have left no trace of their prey. English Standard Version Her officials within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till the morning. New American Standard Bible Her princes within her are roaring lions, Her judges are wolves at evening; They leave nothing for the morning. King James Bible Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. Holman Christian Standard Bible The princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the night, which leave nothing for the morning. International Standard Version Its national officials are roaring lions; its judges are like wolves of the night that don't leave the bones for the morning. NET Bible Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning. American Standard Version Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow. English Revised Version Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow. Young's Literal Translation Her heads in her midst are roaring lions, Her judges are evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning. Cross References Isaiah 5:29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. Jeremiah 5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. Jeremiah 34:19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf; Ezekiel 22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. Ezekiel 33:26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land? Micah 3:3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. Habakkuk 1:8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. Zephaniah 1:1 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. Zephaniah 3:2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. Zephaniah 3:1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! Zephaniah 2:15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand. 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