| 1:1 |
The revelation which Habakkuk the prophet saw. |
The revelation that Habakkuk the prophet saw. |
| 1:2 |
Yahweh, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you Violence! and will you not save? |
YHWH, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you Violence! and will you not save? |
| 1:3 |
Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up. |
Why do you show me iniquity? Why do you tolerate perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up. |
| 1:4 |
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted. |
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked surround the righteous, so justice comes out perverted. |
| 1:5 |
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. |
Yall look at the nations and watch! Yall will be completely shocked! For I am doing something in yalls day that you* wouldnt believe even if someone told yall. |
| 1:6 |
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. |
Look! I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation. They march through the width of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs. |
| 1:8 |
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. |
Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and 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. |
| 1:12 |
Arent 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. |
Arent you from everlasting, YHWH my God, my Holy One? You will never die. YHWH, you have appointed them for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish. |
| 1:13 |
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, |
You have purer eyes than to see evil, and cannot look on perversity. Why then do you tolerate those who deal treacherously and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than them? |
| 1:14 |
and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things that have no ruler over them? |
You make people like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things that have no ruler over them. |
| 1:15 |
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. |
Chaldea takes up all of them with the hook. It catches them in its net and gathers them in its dragnet. Therefore it rejoices and is glad. |
| 1:16 |
Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious and his food is good. |
Therefore it sacrifices to its net and burns incense to its dragnet. Because through them his life is luxurious and his food is good. |
| 1:17 |
Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy? |
Will it therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy? |
| 2:1 |
I 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. |
I will stand at my watch and set myself on the ramparts. I will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint. |
| 2:2 |
Yahweh answered me, Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it. |
YHWH answered me, Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that a runner may read it. |
| 2:4 |
Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith. |
Look, his soul is puffed up, and not upright in him. But the righteous will live by their faithfulness. |
| 2:5 |
Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous: an arrogant man who doesnt stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol; he is like death and cant be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations and heaps to himself all peoples. |
Moreover, wine betrays the arrogant man: He is not at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, He is like death and cant be satisfied. He gathers to himself all nations and gathers all peoples to himself. |
| 2:6 |
Wont 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? |
Will not all these take up a taunt against him, and a mocking riddle against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long? |
| 2:8 |
Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you because of mens blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it. |
Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you because of human blood. For you have done violence to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it. |
| 2:13 |
Behold, isnt it from Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity? |
Look! Isnt it from YHWH Almighty that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire, and the nations weary themselves for nothing? |
| 2:14 |
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of Yahwehs glory, as the waters cover the sea. |
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of YHWHs glory, as the waters cover the sea. |
| 2:16 |
You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink and be exposed! The cup of Yahwehs right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory. |
You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink and be exposed! The cup of YHWHs right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory. |
| 2:17 |
For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals will terrify you, because of mens blood and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them. |
For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals will terrify you. For you have shed human blood and done the violence to the land, to every city and those who dwell in them. |
| 2:18 |
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? |
What value does the idol have, that its maker has engraved it? It is a molten image, a teacher of lies. The one who fashions its form trusts in idols that cannot speak. |
| 2:19 |
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. |
Woe to him who says to the wood, Awake! or to the mute stone, Arise! Can it teach? Look, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all within it. |
| 2:20 |
But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him! |
But YHWH is in ʜɪꜱ holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before ʜɪᴍ! |
| 3:2 |
Yahweh, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh. Renew your work in the middle of the years. In the middle of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy. |
YHWH, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, YHWH. Renew your work in the middle of the years. In the middle of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy. |
| 3:8 |
Was Yahweh displeased with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, or your wrath against the sea, that you rode on your horses, on your chariots of salvation? |
Was YHWH displeased with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, or your wrath against the sea, that you rode on your horses, on your chariots of salvation? |
| 3:18 |
yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! |
yet I will rejoice in YHWH. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! |
| 3:19 |
Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deers feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments. |
YHWH, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deers feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments. |