Habakkuk 1

Verse 1

WEB The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.

KJV The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

TSK The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.: isa 22:1, na 1:1

Verse 2

WEB Yahweh, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you “Violence!” and will you not save?

KJV O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

TSK how: ps 13:1,2, ps 74:9,10, ps 94:3, re 6:10; and thou wilt not save: ps 22:1,2, jer 14:9, la 3:8

Verse 3

WEB Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

KJV Why dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

TSK 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.: ps 12:1,2, ps 55:9-11, ps 73:3-9, ps 120:5,6, ec 4:1, ec 5:8, jer 9:2-6, eze 2:6, mic 7:1-4, mt 10:16, 2pe 2:8

Verse 4

WEB Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.

KJV Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

TSK the law: ps 11:3, ps 119:126, mr 7:9, ro 3:31; for: 1ki 21:13, job 21:7, ps 22:16, ps 58:1,2, ps 59:2,4, ps 82:1-5, ps 94:3,20,21, isa 1:21-23, isa 59:2-8,13-15, jer 5:27-29, jer 12:1,6, jer 26:8,21-23, jer 37:14-16, jer 38:4-6, eze 22:25-30, ho 10:4, am 5:7,12, mic 2:1,2, mic 3:1-3, mic 7:2-4, mt 23:34-36, mt 26:59-66, mt 27:1,2,25,26, ac 7:52,59, ac 23:12-14, jas 2:6,7; wrong: ex 23:2,6, de 16:19, eze 9:9

Verse 5

WEB “Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is told you.

KJV Behold 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.

TSK ye among: de 4:27, jer 9:25,26, jer 25:14-29; and regard: isa 29:14, la 4:12, da 9:12, ac 13:40,41; for: isa 28:21,22, jer 5:12,13, jer 18:18, eze 12:22-28, zep 1:2, ac 6:13,14

Verse 6

WEB For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.

KJV For, 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.

TSK I raise: de 28:49-52, 2ki 24:2, 2ch 36:6,17, isa 23:13, isa 39:6,7, jer 1:15,16, jer 4:6,8, jer 5:15, jer 6:22,23, jer 21:4, jer 25:9

Verse 7

WEB They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

KJV They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

TSK their judgment, etc: jer 39:5-9, jer 52:9-11,25-27, de 5:19,27

Verse 8

WEB Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.

KJV Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

TSK horses: de 28:49, isa 5:26-28; evening: jer 5:6, zep 3:3; they: jer 4:13, la 4:19, eze 17:3,12, ho 8:1, mt 24:28, lu 17:37

Verse 9

WEB All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.

KJV They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.

TSK for: hab 1:6, hab 2:5-13, de 28:51,52, jer 4:7, jer 5:15-17, jer 25:9; their faces shall sup up as the east: isa 27:8, jer 4:11, eze 17:10, eze 19:12, ho 13:15; they shall gather: hab 2:5, ge 41:49, jud 7:12, job 29:18, ps 139:18, jer 15:8, jer 34:22, ho 1:10, ro 9:27

Verse 10

WEB Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.

KJV And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

TSK scoff: 2ki 24:12, 2ki 25:6,7, 2ch 36:6,10; they shall deride: isa 14:16, jer 32:24, jer 33:4, jer 52:4-7

Verse 11

WEB Then he sweeps by like the wind, and goes on. He is indeed guilty, whose strength is his god.”

KJV Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

TSK shall his: da 4:30-34; imputing: da 5:3,4,20

Verse 12

WEB Aren’t you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.

KJV Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.

TSK thou not: de 33:27, ps 90:2, ps 93:2, isa 40:28, isa 57:15, la 5:19, mic 5:2, 1ti 1:17, 1ti 6:16, heb 1:10-12, heb 13:8, re 1:8,11; mine: isa 43:15, isa 49:7, ac 3:14; we: hab 3:2, ps 118:17, isa 27:6-9, jer 4:27, jer 5:18, jer 30:11, jer 33:24-26, jer 46:28, eze 37:11-14, am 9:8,9; thou hast ordained: 2ki 19:25, ps 17:13, isa 10:5-7, isa 37:26, jer 25:9-14, eze 30:25; mighty God: de 32:4,30,31, 1sa 2:2, ps 18:1; for: isa 27:9,10, jer 30:11, jer 31:18-20, jer 46:28, heb 12:5,6

Verse 13

WEB You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

KJV Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

TSK of: job 15:15, ps 5:4,5, ps 11:4-7, ps 34:15,16, 1pe 1:15,16; wherefore: ps 10:1,2,15, ps 73:3, jer 12:1,2; deal: isa 21:2, isa 33:1; holdest: es 4:14, ps 35:22, ps 50:3,21, ps 83:1, pr 31:8,9, isa 64:12; the wicked: hab 1:3,4, 2sa 4:11, 1ki 2:32, ps 37:12-15,32,33, ps 56:1,2, ac 2:23, ac 3:13-15

Verse 14

WEB and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

KJV And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

TSK no: pr 6:7

Verse 15

WEB He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad.

KJV They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.

TSK take: jer 16:16, eze 29:4,5, am 4:2, mt 17:27; they catch: ps 10:9, lu 5:5-10, joh 21:6-11; therefore: jer 50:11, la 2:15,16, eze 25:6, eze 26:2, eze 35:15, re 11:10

Verse 16

WEB Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good.

KJV Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

TSK they: hab 1:11, de 8:17, isa 10:13-15, isa 37:24, eze 28:3, eze 29:3, da 4:30, da 5:23

Verse 17

WEB Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?

KJV Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

TSK and: hab 1:9,10, hab 2:5-8,17, isa 14:16,17, jer 25:9-26, jer 46:1-49, jer 52:1-34, eze 25:1-30