Habakkuk 1:4
“Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Habakkuk 1:4 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Darum wird das Gesetz kraftlos, und das Recht kommt nimmermehr hervor; denn der Gesetzlose umzingelt den Gerechten: darum kommt das Recht verdreht hervor.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Por lo cual la ley es debilitada, y el juicio no sale verdadero: por cuanto el impío asedia al justo, por eso sale torcido el juicio.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Por isso que a lei é enfraquecida, e o juízo nunca se cumpre: porque o perverso cerca o justo, por o juízo é distorcido.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Por isso, a Lei é enfraquecida e a justiça não dura tempo algum. Pois os maus cercam os justos; por isso, a falsa justiça sobressai". Yahweh responde a Habacuque:
📖 Habakkuk 1:4 in Context
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.
6For, 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.
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