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World English Bible

Habakkuk 1 (WEBP)

[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?

Habakkuk 1:2 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
Habakkuk 1:6 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
Habakkuk 1:12 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Habakkuk 1 (KJVS)

[1] The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. ()
[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! ()
[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.
[4] Therefore the law is slacked, () and judgment doth never go forth: () for the wicked doth compass () about the righteous; therefore wrong () judgment proceedeth. ()
[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.
[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 their’s.
[7] They are terrible and dreadful: () their judgment and their dignity shall proceed () of themselves.
[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. ()
[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.
[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.
[11] Then shall his mind change, () and he shall pass over, () and offend, () imputing this his power unto his god.
[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. ()
[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?
[14] And makest () men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler () over them?
[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. ()
[16] Therefore they sacrifice () unto their net, and burn incense () unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
[17] Shall they therefore empty () their net, and not spare () continually to slay () the nations?

Habakkuk 1:4 Or, wrested
Habakkuk 1:6 Heb. breadths
Habakkuk 1:7 Or, from them shall proceed the judgment of these, and the captivity of these
Habakkuk 1:8 Heb. sharp
Habakkuk 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
Habakkuk 1:12a Heb. rock
Habakkuk 1:12b Heb. founded
Habakkuk 1:13 Or, grievance
Habakkuk 1:14 Or, moving
Habakkuk 1:15 Or, flue net
Habakkuk 1:16 Or, dainty. Heb. fat

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Habakkuk 1 (BYZ)

[1] το λημμα ο ειδεν αμβακουμ ο προφητης
[2] εως τινος κυριε κεκραξομαι και ου μη εισακουσης βοησομαι προς σε αδικουμενος και ου σωσεις
[3] ινα τι μοι εδειξας κοπους και πονους επιβλεπειν ταλαιπωριαν και ασεβειαν εξ εναντιας μου γεγονεν κρισις και ο κριτης λαμβανει
[4] δια τουτο διεσκεδασται νομος και ου διεξαγεται εις τελος κριμα οτι ο ασεβης καταδυναστευει τον δικαιον ενεκεν τουτου εξελευσεται το κριμα διεστραμμενον
[5] ιδετε οι καταφρονηται και επιβλεψατε και θαυμασατε θαυμασια και αφανισθητε διοτι εργον εγω εργαζομαι εν ταις ημεραις υμων ο ου μη πιστευσητε εαν τις εκδιηγηται
[6] διοτι ιδου εγω εξεγειρω εφ υμας τους χαλδαιους τους μαχητας το εθνος το πικρον και το ταχινον το πορευομενον επι τα πλατη της γης του κατακληρονομησαι σκηνωματα ουκ αυτου
[7] φοβερος και επιφανης εστιν εξ αυτου το κριμα αυτου εσται και το λημμα αυτου εξ αυτου εξελευσεται
[8] και εξαλουνται υπερ παρδαλεις οι ιπποι αυτου και οξυτεροι υπερ τους λυκους της αραβιας και εξιππασονται οι ιππεις αυτου και ορμησουσιν μακροθεν και πετασθησονται ως αετος προθυμος εις το φαγειν
[9] συντελεια εις ασεβεις ηξει ανθεστηκοτας προσωποις αυτων εξ εναντιας και συναξει ως αμμον αιχμαλωσιαν
[10] και αυτος εν βασιλευσιν εντρυφησει και τυραννοι παιγνια αυτου και αυτος εις παν οχυρωμα εμπαιξεται και βαλει χωμα και κρατησει αυτου
[11] τοτε μεταβαλει το πνευμα και διελευσεται και εξιλασεται αυτη η ισχυς τω θεω μου
[12] ουχι συ απ αρχης κυριε ο θεος ο αγιος μου και ου μη αποθανωμεν κυριε εις κριμα τεταχας αυτον και επλασεν με του ελεγχειν παιδειαν αυτου
[13] καθαρος οφθαλμος του μη οραν πονηρα και επιβλεπειν επι πονους ου δυνηση ινα τι επιβλεπεις επι καταφρονουντας παρασιωπηση εν τω καταπινειν ασεβη τον δικαιον
[14] και ποιησεις τους ανθρωπους ως τους ιχθυας της θαλασσης και ως τα ερπετα τα ουκ εχοντα ηγουμενον
[15] συντελειαν εν αγκιστρω ανεσπασεν και ειλκυσεν αυτον εν αμφιβληστρω και συνηγαγεν αυτον εν ταις σαγηναις αυτου ενεκεν τουτου ευφρανθησεται και χαρησεται η καρδια αυτου
[16] ενεκεν τουτου θυσει τη σαγηνη αυτου και θυμιασει τω αμφιβληστρω αυτου οτι εν αυτοις ελιπανεν μεριδα αυτου και τα βρωματα αυτου εκλεκτα
[17] δια τουτο αμφιβαλει το αμφιβληστρον αυτου και δια παντος αποκτεννειν εθνη ου φεισεται

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.