Habakkuk 1:3
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Habakkuk 1:3 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Warum läßt du mich Unheil sehen, und schaust Mühsal an? Und Verwüstung und Gewalttat sind vor mir, und Streit entsteht, und Hader erhebt sich.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
¿Por qué me haces ver iniquidad, y haces que mire molestia, y saco y violencia delante de mí, habiendo además quien levante pleito y contienda?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Por que me fazes ver a injustiça, e vês a opressão? Pois assolação e violência estão em frente de mim, há brigas, e disputas se levantam.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Por que Tu me fazes ver a iniquidade e contemplar a transgressão? Destruição e violência estão diante de mim; há dissenção e se levantam contendas!
📖 Habakkuk 1:3 in Context
1The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
2O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
3Why 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.
4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
5Behold 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.
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