Habakkuk 1:1 The burden4853{Or, oracle} which Habakkuk2265 the prophet5030 did see.2372 cr

Habakkuk 1:2 O Jehovah,3068 how long shall I cry,7768 and thou wilt not hear?8085 I cry out2199 unto thee of violence,2555 and thou wilt not save.3467 cr 3 Why dost thou show7200 me iniquity,205 and look5027{Or, cause me to look} upon perverseness?5999 for destruction7701 and violence2555 are before me; and there is strife,7379 and contention4066 riseth up.5375 cr 4 Therefore the law8451 is slacked,6313 and justice4941 doth{Or, goeth not forth unto victory} never5331 go forth;3318 for the wicked7563 doth compass3803 about the righteous;6662 therefore justice4941 goeth forth3318 perverted.6127 cr

Habakkuk 1:5 Behold7200 ye among the nations,1471 and look,5027 and wonder8539 marvellously;8539 for I{Or, one worketh} am working6466 a work6467 in your days,3117 which ye will not believe539 though it be told you.5608 cr 6 For, lo, I raise up6965 the Chaldeans,3778 that bitter4751 and hasty4116 nation,1471 that march1980 through the breadth4800 of the earth,776 to possess3423 dwelling-places that are not theirs.4908 cr 7 They{Hebrew He: and so in verses 8, 9.} are terrible366 and dreadful;3372 their judgment4941 and their dignity7613 proceed from themselves.3318 cr 8 Their horses5483 also are swifter7043 than leopards,5246 and are more fierce2300 than the evening6153 wolves;2061 and their horsemen6571 press{Or, spread themselves} proudly6335 on: yea, their horsemen6571 come935 from far;7350 they fly5774 as an eagle5404 that hasteth2363 to devour.398 cr 9 They come935 all of them for violence;2555 the{Hebrew the eagerness (or, assembling) of their faces is etc.} set4041 of their faces6440 is forwards;6921{Or, towards the east} and they gather622 captives7628 as the sand.2344 cr 10 Yea,{Or, And they scoff etc.} he scoffeth7046 at kings,4428 and princes7336 are a derision4890 unto him; he derideth7832 every stronghold;4013 for he heapeth6651 up dust,6083 and taketh it.3920 cr 11 Then{Or, Then shall the wind sweep by, and he shall pass away} shall he sweep2498 by as a wind,7307 and shall pass{Or, transgress} over,5674 and be guilty,816 even he whose2098 might3581 is his god.433 cr

Habakkuk 1:12 Art not thou from everlasting,6924 O Jehovah3068 my God,430 my Holy One?6918 we shall not die.4191 O Jehovah,3068 thou hast ordained7760 him for judgment;4941 and thou, O Rock,6697 hast established3245 him for correction.3198 cr 13 Thou that art of purer2889 eyes5869 than to behold7200 evil,7451 and that canst3201 not look5027 on perverseness,5999 wherefore lookest5027 thou upon them that deal treacherously,898 and holdest thy peace2790 when the wicked7563 swalloweth1104 up the man that is more righteous than he;6662 cr 14 and makest6213 men120 as the fishes1709 of the sea,3220 as the creeping things,7431 that have no ruler over them?4910 cr 15 He taketh up5927 all of them with the angle,2443 he catcheth1641 them in his net,2764 and gathereth622 them in his drag:4365 therefore he rejoiceth8055 and is glad.1523 cr 16 Therefore he sacrificeth2076 unto his net,2764 and burneth incense6999 unto his drag;4365 because by them1992 his portion2506 is fat,8082 and his food3978 plenteous.1277{Hebrew fat.} cr 17 Shall he therefore empty7324 his net,2764 and spare2550 not to slay2026 the nations1471 continually?8548 cr