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| Habakkuk 1:1 | The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. | The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. | The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw. |
| Habakkuk 1:2 | O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! | Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost not save. | Yahweh, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence!" and will you not save? |
| Habakkuk 1:3 | Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. | Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity, and lookest thou upon grievance? For spoiling and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up. | Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up. |
| Habakkuk 1:4 | Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. | Therefore the law is powerless, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked encompasseth the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted. | Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted. |
| Habakkuk 1:5 | Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. | See ye among the nations, and behold, and wonder marvellously; for [I] work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be declared [to you]. | "Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is told you. |
| Habakkuk 1:6 | For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs. | For behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, which marcheth through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs. | For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs. |
| Habakkuk 1:7 | They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. | They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. | They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. |
| 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. | And their horses are swifter than the leopards, and are more agile than the evening wolves; and their horsemen prance proudly, and their horsemen come from afar: they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour. | Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour. |
| Habakkuk 1:9 | They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. | They come all of them for violence: the crowd of their faces is forwards, and they gather captives as the sand. | All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand. |
| Habakkuk 1:10 | And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. | Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a scorn unto him; he derideth every stronghold: for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it. | Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it. |
| Habakkuk 1:11 | Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god. | Then will his mind change, and he will pass on, and become guilty: this his power is become his +god. | Then he sweeps by like the wind, and goes on. He is indeed guilty, whose strength is his god." |
| Habakkuk 1:12 | Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. | Art thou not from everlasting, Jehovah my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast appointed him for correction. | Aren't you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish. |
| Habakkuk 1:13 | Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? | [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on mischief: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] keepest silence when the wicked swalloweth up a [man] more righteous than he? | You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he, |
| Habakkuk 1:14 | And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? | And thou makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them. | and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? |
| Habakkuk 1:15 | They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. | He taketh up all of them with the hook, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them into his drag; therefore he rejoiceth and is glad: | He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad. |
| Habakkuk 1:16 | Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. | therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; for by them his portion is become fat, and his meat dainty. | Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good. |
| Habakkuk 1:17 | Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? | Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to slay the nations continually? | Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy? |
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