Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
The burden that Habakkuk the prophet hath
seen
:
This
is
the burden that Habakkuk the prophet received
in
a
vision
:
Till
when
, O Jehovah
, have
I cried,
And
Thou
dost
not hear ?
I
cry unto
Thee
--
`Violence
, '
and
Thou
dost
not save .
How
long
, O LORD
, must
I call
for
help
but
You
do
not hear ,
or
cry out
to
You
, “Violence!”
but
You
do
not save ?
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,
Why do
You
make
me see
iniquity? Why
do
You
tolerate
wrongdoing?
Destruction
and violence are before me .
Strife is
ongoing
, and conflict
abounds.
Therefore doth
law cease
, And judgment
doth
not
go
forth for
ever,
For the wicked is
compassing
the righteous, Therefore
wrong
judgment
goeth
forth
.
Therefore the
law is
paralyzed
, and justice
never
goes
forth .
For the wicked hem
in
the righteous, so
that
justice
is
perverted
.
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
.
“
Look at
the
nations and observe—
be
utterly
astounded!
For I
am
doing
a work in your days that
you
would
never
believe even
if
someone
told
you
.
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.
For behold
, I am raising up the Chaldeans —
that
ruthless
and impetuous
nation which
marches
through
the breadth
of the
earth to seize
dwellings
not their
own.
Terrible
and fearful
it
`is',
From itself
its
judgment
and its
excellency
go
forth
.
They
are
dreaded
and feared;
from themselves
they
derive
justice
and sovereignty
.
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
.
Their
horses
are
swifter than leopards, fiercer
than wolves of
the
night.
Their
horsemen charge
ahead
, and
their
cavalry
comes
from afar .
They fly like
a
vulture
, swooping
down
to devour
.
Wholly
for
violence
it
doth
come in,
Their faces
swallowing
up
the east wind ,
And
it
doth
gather as
the
sand a
captivity
.
All
of
them
come bent
on
violence;
their hordes
advance
like
the east wind ;
they
gather prisoners
like
sand.
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.
They
scoff
at kings and make
rulers
an
object
of
scorn.
They
laugh
at every fortress
and build
up siege
ramps
to
seize
it.
Then passed
on
hath
the spirit,
Yea,
he
doth
transgress,
And doth
ascribe
this
his
power
to
his
god.
Then they
sweep
by
like
the wind
and pass
on
through.
They
are
guilty;
their
own
strength
is
their
god. ”
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
.
Are
You
not from
everlasting
, O LORD
, my God, my Holy One? We will
not die .
O LORD
, You
have
appointed them
to
execute
judgment;
O Rock, You
have
established
them
for correction
.
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,
Your
eyes are
too
pure
to look upon
evil
, and
You
cannot
tolerate
wrongdoing.
So
why do
You
tolerate
the faithless
? Why
are
You
silent while
the wicked swallow up
those
more righteous than themselves?
And
Thou
makest
man
as
fishes
of the sea, As
a
creeping thing
--
none
ruling
over
him
.
You
have
made
men
like
the
fish
of the sea, like
creeping things
that
have
no
ruler
.
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
.
The
foe
pulls
all
of them up
with a hook ;
he catches
them
in his dragnet
, and gathers
them
in his fishing
net;
so
he rejoices
gladly
.
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
.
Therefore he sacrifices
to his dragnet
and burns
incense
to his fishing
net
, for by these
things
his portion is
sumptuous
and his food is
rich
.
Doth
he therefore empty his net ,
And continually
to slay nations spare
not
?
Will
he ,
therefore ,
empty his net and continue
to slay nations without
mercy
?
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