# Habakkuk 1 ## Habakkuk 1:1 - [KJV] The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. - [ASV] The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. - [YLT] The burden that Habakkuk the prophet hath seen: ### Notes on Habakkuk 1:1 - ## Habakkuk 1:2 - [KJV] O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! *even* cry out unto thee *of* violence, and thou wilt not save! - [ASV] O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save. - [YLT] Till when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee -- 'Violence,' and Thou dost not save. ### Notes on Habakkuk 1:2 - ## Habakkuk 1:3 - [KJV] Why 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. - [ASV] Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up. - [YLT] 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, ### Notes on Habakkuk 1:3 - ## Habakkuk 1:4 - [KJV] Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. - [ASV] Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted. - [YLT] Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth. ### Notes on Habakkuk 1:4 - ## Habakkuk 1:5 - [KJV] Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for *I* will work a work in your days, *which* ye will not believe, though it be told *you*. - [ASV] Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Habakkuk 1:5 - ## Habakkuk 1:6 - [KJV] For, 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 theirs. - [ASV] For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Habakkuk 1:6 - ## Habakkuk 1:7 - [KJV] They *are* terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. - [ASV] They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. - [YLT] Terrible and fearful it *is*, From itself its judgment and its excellency go forth. ### Notes on Habakkuk 1:7 - ## Habakkuk 1:8 - [KJV] Their 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. - [ASV] Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Habakkuk 1:8 - ## Habakkuk 1:9 - [KJV] They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up *as* the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. - [ASV] They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand. - [YLT] Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity. ### Notes on Habakkuk 1:9 - ## Habakkuk 1:10 - [KJV] And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. - [ASV] Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Habakkuk 1:10 - ## Habakkuk 1:11 - [KJV] Then shall *his* mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, *imputing* this his power unto his god. - [ASV] Then shall he sweep by *as* a wind, and shall pass over, and be guilty, *even* he whose might is his god. - [YLT] Then passed on hath the spirit, Yea, he doth transgress, And doth ascribe this his power to his god. ### Notes on Habakkuk 1:11 - ## Habakkuk 1:12 - [KJV] *Art* 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. - [ASV] Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Habakkuk 1:12 - ## Habakkuk 1:13 - [KJV] *Thou 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? - [ASV] Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he; - [YLT] 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, ### Notes on Habakkuk 1:13 - ## Habakkuk 1:14 - [KJV] And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, *that have* no ruler over them? - [ASV] and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? - [YLT] And Thou makest man as fishes of the sea, As a creeping thing -- none ruling over him. ### Notes on Habakkuk 1:14 - ## Habakkuk 1:15 - [KJV] They 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. - [ASV] He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Habakkuk 1:15 - ## Habakkuk 1:16 - [KJV] Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion *is* fat, and their meat plenteous. - [ASV] Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Habakkuk 1:16 - ## Habakkuk 1:17 - [KJV] Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? - [ASV] Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually? - [YLT] Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not? ### Notes on Habakkuk 1:17 -