Habakkuk 1 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Habakkuk 2

¹I will stand at my watch and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.

KJVI will stand^H5975^(H8799) upon my watch^H4931, and set^H3320^(H8691) me upon the tower^H4692, and will watch^H6822^(H8762) to see^H7200^(H8800) what he will say^H1696^(H8762) unto me, and what I shall answer^H7725^(H8686) when I am reproved^H8433.

² Yahweh answered me, “Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 answered^H6030^(H8799) me, and said^H559^(H8799), Write^H3789^(H8798) the vision^H2377, and make it plain^H874^(H8761) upon tables^H3871, that he may run^H7323^(H8799) that readeth^H7121^(H8802) it.

³ For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it, because it will surely come. It won’t delay.

KJVFor the vision^H2377 is yet for an appointed time^H4150, but at the end^H7093 it shall speak^H6315^(H8686), and not lie^H3576^(H8762): though it tarry^H4102^(H8698), wait^H2442^(H8761) for it; because it will surely^H935^(H8800) come^H935^(H8799), it will not tarry^H309^(H8762).

⁴ Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.

KJVBehold, his soul^H5315 which is lifted up^H6075^(H8795) is not upright^H3474^(H8804) in him: but the just^H6662 shall live^H2421^(H8799) by his faith^H530.

⁵ Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous: an arrogant man who doesn’t stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol; he is like death and can’t be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations and heaps to himself all peoples.

KJVYea also, because he transgresseth^H898^(H8802) by wine^H3196, he is a proud^H3093 man^H1397, neither keepeth at home^H5115^(H8799), who enlargeth^H7337^(H8689) his desire^H5315 as hell^H7585, and is as death^H4194, and cannot be satisfied^H7646^(H8799), but gathereth^H622^(H8799) unto him all nations^H1471, and heapeth^H6908^(H8799) unto him all people^H5971:

⁶ Won’t all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?’

KJVShall not all these take up^H5375^(H8799) a parable^H4912 against him, and a taunting^H4426 proverb^H2420 against him, and say^H559^(H8799), Woe^H1945 to him that increaseth^H7235^(H8688) that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth^H3513^(H8688) himself with thick clay^H5671!

⁷ Won’t your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?

KJVShall they not rise up^H6965^(H8799) suddenly^H6621 that shall bite^H5391^(H8802) thee, and awake^H3364^(H8799) that shall vex^H2111^(H8772) thee, and thou shalt be for booties^H4933 unto them?

⁸ Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.

KJVBecause thou hast spoiled^H7997^(H8804) many^H7227 nations^H1471, all the remnant^H3499 of the people^H5971 shall spoil^H7997^(H8799) thee; because of men's^H120 blood^H1818, and for the violence^H2555 of the land^H776, of the city^H7151, and of all that dwell^H3427^(H8802) therein.

⁹ Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

KJVWoe^H1945 to him that coveteth^H1214^(H8802) an evil^H7451 covetousness^H1215 to his house^H1004, that he may set^H7760^(H8800) his nest^H7064 on high^H4791, that he may be delivered^H5337^(H8736) from the power^H3709 of evil^H7451!

¹⁰ You have devised shame to your house by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.

KJVThou hast consulted^H3289^(H8804) shame^H1322 to thy house^H1004 by cutting off^H7096^(H8800) many^H7227 people^H5971, and hast sinned^H2398^(H8802) against thy soul^H5315.

¹¹ For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.

KJVFor the stone^H68 shall cry out^H2199^(H8799) of the wall^H7023, and the beam out^H3714 of the timber^H6086 shall answer^H6030^(H8799) it.

¹² Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!

KJVWoe^H1945 to him that buildeth^H1129^(H8802) a town^H5892 with blood^H1818, and stablisheth^H3559^(H8790) a city^H7151 by iniquity^H5766!

¹³ Behold, isn’t it from Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

KJVBehold, is it not of the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 that the people^H5971 shall labour^H3021^(H8799) in the very^H1767 fire^H784, and the people^H3816 shall weary^H3286^(H8799) themselves for very^H1767 vanity^H7385?

¹⁴ For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of Yahweh’s glory, as the waters cover the sea.

KJVFor the earth^H776 shall be filled^H4390^(H8735) with the knowledge^H3045^(H8800) of the glory^H3519 of the LORD^H3068, as the waters^H4325 cover^H3680^(H8762) the sea^H3220.

¹⁵ “Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!

KJVWoe^H1945 unto him that giveth his neighbour^H7453 drink^H8248^(H8688), that puttest^H5596^(H8764) thy bottle^H2573 to him, and makest him drunken^H7937^(H8763) also, that thou mayest look^H5027^(H8687) on their nakedness^H4589!

¹⁶ You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink and be exposed! The cup of Yahweh’s right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.

KJVThou art filled^H7646^(H8804) with shame^H7036 for glory^H3519: drink^H8354^(H8798) thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered^H6188^(H8734): the cup^H3563 of the LORD'S^H3068 right hand^H3225 shall be turned^H5437^(H8735) unto thee, and shameful spewing^H7022 shall be on thy glory^H3519.

¹⁷ For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals will terrify you, because of men’s blood and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them.

KJVFor the violence^H2555 of Lebanon^H3844 shall cover^H3680^(H8762) thee, and the spoil^H7701 of beasts^H929, which made them afraid^H2865^(H8686), because of men's^H120 blood^H1818, and for the violence^H2555 of the land^H776, of the city^H7151, and of all that dwell^H3427^(H8802) therein.

¹⁸ “What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?

KJVWhat profiteth^H3276^(H8689) the graven image^H6459 that the maker^H3335^(H8802) thereof hath graven^H6458^(H8804) it; the molten image^H4541, and a teacher^H3384^(H8688) of lies^H8267, that the maker^H3335^(H8802) of his work^H3336 trusteth^H982^(H8804) therein, to make^H6213^(H8800) dumb^H483 idols^H457?

¹⁹ Woe to him who says to the wood, ‘Awake!’ or to the mute stone, ‘Arise!’ Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all within it.

KJVWoe^H1945 unto him that saith^H559^(H8802) to the wood^H6086, Awake^H6974^(H8685); to the dumb^H1748 stone^H68, Arise^H5782^(H8798), it shall teach^H3384^(H8686)! Behold, it is laid^H8610^(H8803) over with gold^H2091 and silver^H3701, and there is no breath^H7307 at all in the midst^H7130 of it.

²⁰ But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!”

KJVBut the LORD^H3068 is in his holy^H6944 temple^H1964: let all the earth^H776 keep silence^H2013^(H8761) before^H6440 him.

WEB·Habakkuk 1

¹The revelation which Habakkuk the prophet saw.

KJVThe burden^H4853 which Habakkuk^H2265 the prophet^H5030 did see^H2372^(H8804).

² Yahweh, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you “Violence!” and will you not save?

KJVO LORD^H3068, how long shall I cry^H7768^(H8765), and thou wilt not hear^H8085^(H8799)! even cry out^H2199^(H8799) unto thee of violence^H2555, and thou wilt not save^H3467^(H8686)!

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.

KJVWhy dost thou shew^H7200^(H8686) me iniquity^H205, and cause me to behold^H5027^(H8686) grievance^H5999? for spoiling^H7701 and violence^H2555 are before me: and there are that raise up^H5375^(H8799) strife^H7379 and contention^H4066.

⁴ Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.

KJVTherefore the law^H8451 is slacked^H6313^(H8799), and judgment^H4941 doth never^H5331 go forth^H3318^(H8799): for the wicked^H7563 doth compass^H3803^(H8688) about the righteous^H6662; therefore wrong^H6127^(H8794) judgment^H4941 proceedeth^H3318^(H8799).

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.

KJVBehold^H7200^(H8798) ye among the heathen^H1471, and regard^H5027^(H8685), and wonder^H8539^(H8690) marvellously^H8539^(H8798): for I will work^H6466^(H8802) a work^H6467 in your days^H3117, which ye will not believe^H539^(H8686), though it be told^H5608^(H8792) 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.

KJVFor, lo, I raise up^H6965^(H8688) the Chaldeans^H3778, that bitter^H4751 and hasty^H4116^(H8737) nation^H1471, which shall march^H1980^(H8802) through the breadth^H4800 of the land^H776, to possess^H3423^(H8800) the dwellingplaces^H4908 that are not theirs.

⁷ They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

KJVThey are terrible^H366 and dreadful^H3372^(H8737): their judgment^H4941 and their dignity^H7613 shall proceed^H3318^(H8799) of 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.

KJVTheir horses^H5483 also are swifter^H7043^(H8804) than the leopards^H5246, and are more fierce^H2300^(H8804) than the evening^H6153 wolves^H2061: and their horsemen^H6571 shall spread^H6335^(H8804) themselves, and their horsemen^H6571 shall come^H935^(H8799) from far^H7350; they shall fly^H5774^(H8799) as the eagle^H5404 that hasteth^H2363^(H8804) to eat^H398^(H8800).

⁹ All of them come for violence. Their hordes face forward. They gather prisoners like sand.

KJVThey shall come^H935^(H8799) all for violence^H2555: their faces^H6440 shall sup up^H4041 as the east wind^H6921, and they shall gather^H622^(H8799) the captivity^H7628 as the sand^H2344.

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.

KJVAnd they shall scoff^H7046^(H8691) at the kings^H4428, and the princes^H7336^(H8802) shall be a scorn^H4890 unto them: they shall deride^H7832^(H8799) every strong hold^H4013; for they shall heap^H6651^(H8799) dust^H6083, and take^H3920^(H8799) it.

¹¹ Then they sweep by like the wind and go on. They are indeed guilty, whose strength is their god.”

KJVThen shall his mind^H7307 change^H2498^(H8804), and he shall pass over^H5674^(H8799), and offend^H816^(H8804), imputing this^H2098 his power^H3581 unto his god^H433.

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.

KJVArt thou not from everlasting^H6924, O LORD^H3068 my God^H430, mine Holy One^H6918? we shall not die^H4191^(H8799). O LORD^H3068, thou hast ordained^H7760^(H8804) them for judgment^H4941; and, O mighty God^H6697, thou hast established^H3245^(H8804) them for correction^H3198^(H8687).

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,

KJVThou art of purer^H2889 eyes^H5869 than to behold^H7200^(H8800) evil^H7451, and canst^H3201^(H8799) not look^H5027^(H8687) on iniquity^H5999: wherefore lookest^H5027^(H8686) thou upon them that deal treacherously^H898^(H8802), and holdest thy tongue^H2790^(H8686) when the wicked^H7563 devoureth^H1104^(H8763) the man that is more righteous^H6662 than he?

¹⁴ and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things that have no ruler over them?

KJVAnd makest^H6213^(H8799) men^H120 as the fishes^H1709 of the sea^H3220, as the creeping things^H7431, that have no ruler^H4910^(H8802) 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.

KJVThey take up^H5927^(H8689) all of them with the angle^H2443, they catch^H1641^(H8799) them in their net^H2764, and gather^H622^(H8799) them in their drag^H4365: therefore they rejoice^H8055^(H8799) and are glad^H1523^(H8799).

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.

KJVTherefore they sacrifice^H2076^(H8762) unto their net^H2764, and burn incense^H6999^(H8762) unto their drag^H4365; because by them^H1992 their portion^H2506 is fat^H8082, and their meat^H3978 plenteous^H1277.

¹⁷ Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?

KJVShall they therefore empty^H7324^(H8686) their net^H2764, and not spare^H2550^(H8799) continually^H8548 to slay^H2026^(H8800) the nations^H1471?

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