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World English Bible Classic
[1] The revelation which Habakkuk the prophet saw. [2] Yahweh,§ how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you “Violence!” and will you not save? [3] Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up. [4] Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted. [5] “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. [6] For, behold,§ I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation who march through the width of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs. [7] They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. [8] 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. [9] All of them come for violence. Their hordes face forward. They gather prisoners like sand. [10] Yes, they scoff at kings, and princes are a derision to them. They laugh at every stronghold, for they build up an earthen ramp and take it. [11] Then they sweep by like the wind and go on. They are indeed guilty, whose strength is their god.” [12] Aren’t you from everlasting, Yahweh my God,§ my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed them for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish. [13] 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, [14] and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things that have no ruler over them? [15] 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. [16] Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious and his food is good. [17] Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?

Footnotes

  1. § 1:2 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
  2. § 1:6 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
  3. § 1:12 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
King James Version
[1] The burden H4853 which H834 Habakkuk H2265 the prophet H5030 did see. H2372 [2] O Lord, H3068 how long shall I cry, H7768 and thou wilt not hear! H8085 even cry out H2199 unto thee of violence, H2555 and thou wilt not save! H3467 [3] Why dost thou shew H7200 me iniquity, H205 and cause me to behold H5027 grievance? H5999 for spoiling H7701 and violence H2555 are before me: and there are that raise up H5375 strife H7379 and contention. H4066 [4] Therefore the law H8451 is slacked, H6313 and judgment H4941 doth never H5331 go forth: H3318 for H3588 the wicked H7563 doth compass H3803 H853 about the righteous; H6662 therefore wrong H6127§ judgment H4941 proceedeth. H3318 [5] Behold H7200 ye among the heathen, H1471 and regard, H5027 and wonder H8539 marvellously: H8539 for H3588 I will work H6466 a work H6467 in your days, H3117 which ye will not believe, H539 though it be told H5608 you. [6] For, lo, I raise up H6965 H853 the Chaldeans, H3778 that bitter H4751 and hasty H4116 nation, H1471 which shall march H1980 through the breadth H4800§ of the land, H776 to possess H3423 the dwellingplaces H4908 that are not their’s. [7] They are terrible H366 and dreadful: H3372 their judgment H4941 and their dignity H7613 shall proceed H3318 of themselves.§ [8] Their horses H5483 also are swifter H7043 than the leopards, H5246 and are more fierce H2300§ than the evening H6153 wolves: H2061 and their horsemen H6571 shall spread H6335 themselves, and their horsemen H6571 shall come H935 from far; H7350 they shall fly H5774 as the eagle H5404 that hasteth H2363 to eat. H398 [9] They shall come H935 all H3605 for violence: H2555 their faces H6440 shall sup up H4041 as the east§ wind, H6921 and they shall gather H622 the captivity H7628 as the sand. H2344 [10] And they shall scoff H7046 at the kings, H4428 and the princes H7336 shall be a scorn H4890 unto them: they shall deride H7832 every H3605 strong hold; H4013 for they shall heap H6651 dust, H6083 and take H3920 it. [11] Then shall his mind H7307 change, H2498 and he shall pass over, H5674 and offend, H816 imputing this H2098 his power H3581 unto his god. H433 [12] Art thou not from everlasting, H6924 O Lord H3068 my God, H430 mine Holy One? H6918 we shall H4191 not H3808 die. H4191 O Lord, H3068 thou hast ordained H7760 them for judgment; H4941 and, O mighty§ God, H6697 thou hast established H3245§ them for correction. H3198 [13] Thou art of purer H2889 eyes H5869 than to behold H7200 evil, H7451 and canst H3201 not H3808 look H5027 on iniquity: H5999§ wherefore lookest H5027 thou upon them that deal treacherously, H898 and holdest thy tongue H2790 when the wicked H7563 devoureth H1104 the man that is more righteous H6662 than he? [14] And makest H6213 men H120 as the fishes H1709 of the sea, H3220 as the creeping§ things, H7431 that have no ruler H4910 over them? [15] They take up H5927 all H3605 of them with the angle, H2443 they catch H1641 them in their net, H2764 and gather H622 them in their drag: H4365§ therefore they rejoice H8055 and are glad. H1523 [16] Therefore they sacrifice H2076 unto their net, H2764 and burn incense H6999 unto their drag; H4365 because H3588 by them H1992 their portion H2506 is fat, H8082 and their meat H3978 plenteous. H1277§ [17] Shall they therefore empty H7324 their net, H2764 and not spare H2550 continually H8548 to slay H2026 the nations? H1471

Footnotes

  1. § 1:4 Or, wrested
  2. § 1:6 Heb. breadths
  3. § 1:7 Or, from them shall proceed the judgment of these, and the captivity of these
  4. § 1:8 Heb. sharp
  5. § 1:9 Heb. the supping up of their faces, etc. Or, their faces shall look toward the East. Heb. the opposition of their faces toward the East
  6. § 1:12a Heb. rock
  7. § 1:12b Heb. founded
  8. § 1:13 Or, grievance
  9. § 1:14 Or, moving
  10. § 1:15 Or, flue net
  11. § 1:16 Or, dainty. Heb. fat
Septuaginta
[1] Τὸ G3588 λῆμμα, ὃ G3739 εἶδεν G1492 Αμβακουμ ὁ G3588 προφήτης. G4396 [2] Ἕως G2193 τίνος, G5101 κύριε, G2962 κεκράξομαι G2896 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 εἰσακούσῃς; G1522 Βοήσομαι G994 πρὸς G4314 σὲ G4571 ἀδικούμενος G91 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 σώσεις; G4982 [3] Ἵνα G2443 τί G5101 μοι G3427 ἔδειξας G1166 κόπους G2873 καὶ G2532 πόνους, G4192 ἐπιβλέπειν G1914 ταλαιπωρίαν G5004 καὶ G2532 ἀσέβειαν; G763 Ἐξ G1537 ἐναντίας G1727 μου G3450 γέγονεν G1096 κρίσις, G2920 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 κριτὴς G2923 λαμβάνει. G2983 [4] Διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 διεσκέδασται νόμος, G3551 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 διεξάγεται εἰς G1519 τέλος G5056 κρίμα, G2917 ὅτι G3754 ὁ G3588 ἀσεβὴς G765 καταδυναστεύει G2616 τὸν G3588 δίκαιον· G1342 ἕνεκεν G1752 τούτου G5127 ἐξελεύσεται G1831 τὸ G3588 κρίμα G2917 διεστραμμένον. G1294 [5] Ἴδετε, G1492 οἱ G3588 καταφρονηταί, G2707 καὶ G2532 ἐπιβλέψατε G1914 καὶ G2532 θαυμάσατε G2296 θαυμάσια G2297 καὶ G2532 ἀφανίσθητε, G853 διότι G1360 ἔργον G2041 ἐγὼ G1473 ἐργάζομαι G2038 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 ἡμέραις G2250 ὑμῶν, G5216 ὃ G3739 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 πιστεύσητε G4100 ἐάν G1437 τις G5100 ἐκδιηγῆται. G1555 [6] Διότι G1360 ἰδοὺ G2400 ἐγὼ G1473 ἐξεγείρω G1825 ἐφ’ G1909 ὑμᾶς G5209 τοὺς G3588 Χαλδαίους G5466 τοὺς G3588 μαχητάς, τὸ G3588 ἔθνος G1484 τὸ G3588 πικρὸν G4089 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 ταχινὸν G5031 τὸ G3588 πορευόμενον G4198 ἐπὶ G1909 τὰ G3588 πλάτη G4114 τῆς G3588 γῆς G1093 τοῦ G3588 κατακληρονομῆσαι G2624 σκηνώματα G4638 οὐκ G3756 αὐτοῦ· G846 [7] φοβερὸς G5398 καὶ G2532 ἐπιφανής G2016 ἐστιν, G2076 ἐξ G1537 αὐτοῦ G846 τὸ G3588 κρίμα G2917 αὐτοῦ G846 ἔσται, G2071 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 λῆμμα αὐτοῦ G846 ἐξ G1537 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐξελεύσεται· G1831 [8] καὶ G2532 ἐξαλοῦνται G1814 ὑπὲρ G5228 παρδάλεις G3917 οἱ G3588 ἵπποι G2462 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ὀξύτεροι G3691 ὑπὲρ G5228 τοὺς G3588 λύκους G3074 τῆς G3588 Ἀραβίας· G688 καὶ G2532 ἐξιππάσονται οἱ G3588 ἱππεῖς G2460 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ὁρμήσουσιν G3729 μακρόθεν G3113 καὶ G2532 πετασθήσονται G4072 ὡς G5613 ἀετὸς G105 πρόθυμος G4289 εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 φαγεῖν. G5315 [9] Συντέλεια G4930 εἰς G1519 ἀσεβεῖς G765 ἥξει G2240 ἀνθεστηκότας G436 προσώποις G4383 αὐτῶν G846 ἐξ G1537 ἐναντίας G1727 καὶ G2532 συνάξει G4863 ὡς G5613 ἄμμον G285 αἰχμαλωσίαν. G161 [10] Καὶ G2532 αὐτὸς G846 ἐν G1722 βασιλεῦσιν G935 ἐντρυφήσει, G1792 καὶ G2532 τύραννοι παίγνια αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 αὐτὸς G846 εἰς G1519 πᾶν G3956 ὀχύρωμα G3794 ἐμπαίξεται G1702 καὶ G2532 βαλεῖ G906 χῶμα καὶ G2532 κρατήσει G2902 αὐτοῦ. G846 [11] Τότε G5119 μεταβαλεῖ G3328 τὸ G3588 πνεῦμα G4151 καὶ G2532 διελεύσεται G1330 καὶ G2532 ἐξιλάσεται· αὕτη G3778 ἡ G3588 ἰσχὺς G2479 τῷ G3588 θεῷ G2316 μου. G3450 — [12] οὐχὶ G3780 σὺ G4771 ἀπ’ G575 ἀρχῆς, G746 κύριε, G2962 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ὁ G3588 ἅγιός G40 μου; G3450 Καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 ἀποθάνωμεν. G599 Κύριε, G2962 εἰς G1519 κρίμα G2917 τέταχας G5021 αὐτόν· G846 καὶ G2532 ἔπλασέν G4111 με G3165 τοῦ G3588 ἐλέγχειν G1651 παιδείαν G3809 αὐτοῦ. G846 [13] Καθαρὸς G2513 ὀφθαλμὸς G3788 τοῦ G3588 μὴ G3361 ὁρᾶν πονηρά, G4190 καὶ G2532 ἐπιβλέπειν G1914 ἐπὶ G1909 πόνους G4192 οὐ G3756 δυνήσῃ· G1410 ἵνα G2443 τί G5101 ἐπιβλέπεις G1914 ἐπὶ G1909 καταφρονοῦντας; G2706 Παρασιωπήσῃ ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 καταπίνειν G2666 ἀσεβῆ G765 τὸν G3588 δίκαιον; G1342 [14] Καὶ G2532 ποιήσεις G4160 τοὺς G3588 ἀνθρώπους G444 ὡς G5613 τοὺς G3588 ἰχθύας G2486 τῆς G3588 θαλάσσης G2281 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 τὰ G3588 ἑρπετὰ G2062 τὰ G3588 οὐκ G3756 ἔχοντα G2192 ἡγούμενον. G2233 [15] Συντέλειαν G4930 ἐν G1722 ἀγκίστρῳ G44 ἀνέσπασεν G385 καὶ G2532 εἵλκυσεν G1670 αὐτὸν G846 ἐν G1722 ἀμφιβλήστρῳ G293 καὶ G2532 συνήγαγεν G4863 αὐτὸν G846 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 σαγήναις G4522 αὐτοῦ· G846 ἕνεκεν G1752 τούτου G5127 εὐφρανθήσεται G2165 καὶ G2532 χαρήσεται G5463 ἡ G3588 καρδία G2588 αὐτοῦ· G846 [16] ἕνεκεν G1752 τούτου G5127 θύσει G2380 τῇ G3588 σαγήνῃ G4522 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 θυμιάσει G2370 τῷ G3588 ἀμφιβλήστρῳ G293 αὐτοῦ, G846 ὅτι G3754 ἐν G1722 αὐτοῖς G846 ἐλίπανεν μερίδα G3310 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 βρώματα G1033 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐκλεκτά· G1588 [17] διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 ἀμφιβαλεῖ τὸ G3588 ἀμφίβληστρον G293 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 διὰ G1223 παντὸς G3956 ἀποκτέννειν G615 ἔθνη G1484 οὐ G3756 φείσεται. G5339
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament