Verse Comparison: Habakkuk 1:9
American Standard Version
They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.
Amplified® Bible
They all come for violence; their faces turn eagerly forward, and they gather prisoners together like sand.
Contemporary English Version
They are eager to destroy, and they gather captives like handfuls of sand.
Darby English Version
They come all of them for violence: the crowd of their faces is forwards, and they gather captives as the sand.
Good News Bible
"Their armies advance in violent conquest, and everyone is terrified as they approach. Their captives are as numerous as grains of sand.
King James Version
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
New American Standard Bible
"All of them come for violence. Their horde of faces {moves} forward. They collect captives like sand.
New International Version
they all come bent on violence.
Their hordes advance like a desert wind
and gather prisoners like sand.
New King James Version
"They all come for violence;
Their faces are set like the east wind.
They gather captives like sand.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"All of them come for violence. Their horde of faces moves forward. They collect captives like sand.
Revised Standard Version
They all come for violence; terror of them goes before them. They gather captives like sand.
Young's Literal Translation
Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.
