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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 theirs.
[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 ?

Young’s Literal Translation

Habakkuk 1 (YLT)

[1] The burden that Habakkuk the prophet hath seen:
[2] Till when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee-‘Violence,’ and Thou dost not save.
[3] Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence are before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift itself up,
[4] Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.
[5] Look ye on nations, and behold and marvel greatly. For a work He is working in your days, Ye do not believe though it is declared.
[6] For, lo, I am raising up the Chaldeans, The bitter and hasty nation, That is going to the broad places of earth, To occupy tabernacles not its own.
[7] Terrible and fearful it is, From itself its judgment and its excellency go forth.
[8] Swifter than leopards have been its horses, And sharper than evening wolves, And increased have its horsemen, Even its horsemen from afar come in, They fly as an eagle, hasting to consume.
[9] Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.
[10] And at kings it doth scoff, And princes are a laughter to it, At every fenced place it doth laugh, And it heapeth up dust, and captureth it.
[11] Then passed on hath the spirit, Yea, he doth transgress, And doth ascribe this his power to his god.
[12] Art not Thou of old, O Jehovah, my God, my Holy One? We do not die, O Jehovah, For judgment Thou hast appointed it, And, O Rock, for reproof Thou hast founded it.
[13] Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,
[14] And Thou makest man as fishes of the sea, As a creeping thing-none ruling over him.
[15] Each of them with a hook he hath brought up, He doth catch it in his net, and gathereth it in his drag, Therefore he doth joy and rejoice.
[16] Therefore he doth sacrifice to his net, And doth make perfume to his drag, For by them is his portion fertile, and his food fat.
[17] Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?