Habakkuk 1 - Compare Translations
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Habakkuk 1:1
KJVThe burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
WEBThe revelation which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
YLTThe burden that Habakkuk the prophet hath seen:
Habakkuk 1:2
KJVO Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
WEBYahweh, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you “Violence!” and will you not save?
YLTTill when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee -- `Violence,' and Thou dost not save.
Habakkuk 1:3
KJVWhy 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.
WEBWhy do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.
YLTWhy 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,
Habakkuk 1:4
KJVTherefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
WEBTherefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.
YLTTherefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.
Habakkuk 1:5
KJVBehold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
WEB“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.
YLTLook 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.
Habakkuk 1:6
KJVFor, 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.
WEBFor, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the width of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
YLTFor, 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.
Habakkuk 1:7
KJVThey are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
WEBThey are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
YLTTerrible and fearful it [is], From itself its judgment and its excellency go forth.
Habakkuk 1:8
KJVTheir 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.
WEBTheir 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.
YLTSwifter 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.
Habakkuk 1:9
KJVThey shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
WEBAll of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.
YLTWholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.
Habakkuk 1:10
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Habakkuk 1:11
KJVThen shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
WEBThen he sweeps by like the wind, and goes on. He is indeed guilty, whose strength is his god.”
YLTThen passed on hath the spirit, Yea, he doth transgress, And doth ascribe this his power to his god.
Habakkuk 1:12
KJVArt 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.
WEBAren’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.
YLTArt 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.
Habakkuk 1:13
KJVThou 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?
WEBYou 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,
YLTPurer 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,
Habakkuk 1:14
KJVAnd makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
WEBand make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
YLTAnd Thou makest man as fishes of the sea, As a creeping thing -- none ruling over him.
Habakkuk 1:15
KJVThey 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.
WEBHe 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.
YLTEach 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.
Habakkuk 1:16
KJVTherefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
WEBTherefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good.
YLTTherefore he doth sacrifice to his net, And doth make perfume to his drag, For by them [is] his portion fertile, and his food fat.
Habakkuk 1:17
KJVShall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
WEBWill he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?
YLTDoth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?
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