The Prophet’s Question
aAnd You will not hear?
Even cry out to You, b“Violence!”
And You will cnot save.
And cause me to see1 trouble?
For plundering and violence are before me;
There is strife, and contention arises.
And justice never goes forth.
For the awicked surround the righteous;
Therefore perverse judgment proceeds.
The Lord’s Reply
Be utterly astounded!
For I will work a work in your days
Which you would not believe, though it were told you.
A bitter and hasty bnation
Which marches through the breadth of the earth,
To possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
| << Habakkuk 1:1 | Habakkuk 1:3 >> |
American Standard Version
O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.
Amplified® Bible
O Lord, how long shall I cry for help and You will not hear? Or cry out to You of violence and You will not save?
Contemporary English Version
Our LORD, how long must I beg for your help before you listen? How long before you save us from all this violence?
Darby English Version
Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost not save.
Good News Bible
O LORD, how long must I call for help before you listen, before you save us from violence?
King James Version
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
New American Standard Bible
How long, O LORD, will I call for help, And You will not hear? I cry out to You, "Violence! Yet You do not save."
New International Version
How long, O LORD, must I call for help,
but you do not listen?
Or cry out to you, "Violence!"
but you do not save?
New King James Version
O LORD, how long shall I cry,
And You will not hear?
Even cry out to You, "Violence!"
And You will not save.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
How long, O LORD, will I call for help, And You will not hear? I cry out to You, "Violence!" Yet You do not save.
Revised Standard Version
O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and thou wilt not hear? Or cry to thee "Violence!" and thou wilt not save?
Young's Literal Translation
Till when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee -- `Violence,' and Thou dost not save.
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