Parallel Bible results for "habakkuk 1"

Habakkuk 1

Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB

1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet saw.

2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear; and raise my voice unto thee because of the violence, and thou wilt not save?

3 Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity and cause <em>me</em> to behold grievance and destruction and violence before me, in addition to those that raise up strife and contention?

4 Therefore the law is weakened, and the judgment does not go forth true: for the wicked compasses about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceeds.

5 Behold among the Gentiles and regard and wonder marvelously, for a work shall be done in your days <em>which</em> ye will not believe, though it be told <em>you</em>.

6 For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, <em>that</em> bitter and hasty nation, which march through the breadth of the earth to possess the dwellingplaces <em>that are</em> not theirs.

7 She <em>is</em> terrible and dreadful: from her herself shall go forth their rights and their grandeur.

8 Their horses shall be swifter than tigers and are sharper than the evening wolves, and their horsemen shall multiply themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as eagles <em>that</em> hasten to eat.

9 All of her shall come for the prey, before their faces an east wind, and they shall gather the captives as the sand.

10 And he shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto him, he shall deride every fortress and shall heap dust and take it.

11 Then he shall become arrogant <em>against God</em>, and he shall pass ahead and shall be <em>found</em> guilty, <em>imputing</em> this his power unto his god.

12 <em>Art</em> thou not from the beginning, O LORD my God, my Holy One? we shall not die, O LORD, thou hast ordained him for judgment, and thou hast established him strong for chastisement.

13 <em>Thou art</em> of purer eyes than to behold evil and canst not look on iniquity: why dost thou look upon those that deal treacherously <em>and</em> hold thy tongue when the wicked devour <em>the man that is</em> more righteous than he?

14 And dost make men as the fishes of the sea, as reptiles <em>that have</em> no lord?

15 He shall take up all of them with <em>his</em> hook; he shall catch them in his net and gather them in his drag: therefore, he shall rejoice and be glad.

16 Therefore, he shall sacrifice unto his net and burn incense unto his drag because by them his portion <em>is</em> fat, and his food plenteous.

17 Shall he therefore empty his net, or have pity to <em>stop</em> slaying Gentiles continually?

New International Version NIV

1 The prophecy that Habakkuk the prophet received.

2 How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save?

3 Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.

4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

5 “Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.

6 I am raising up the Babylonians,that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwellings not their own.

7 They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honor.

8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;

9 they all come intent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand.

10 They mock kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities; by building earthen ramps they capture them.

11 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on— guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”

12 LORD, are you not from everlasting? My God, my Holy One, you will never die. You, LORD, have appointed them to execute judgment; you, my Rock, have ordained them to punish.

13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrongdoing. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

14 You have made people like the fish in the sea, like the sea creatures that have no ruler.

15 The wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks, he catches them in his net, he gathers them up in his dragnet; and so he rejoices and is glad.

16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, for by his net he lives in luxury and enjoys the choicest food.

17 Is he to keep on emptying his net, destroying nations without mercy?