Habakkuk 1:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Habakkuk 1:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Habakkuk 1:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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Habakkuk 1:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.”
Habakkuk 1:3 — World English Bible
Habakkuk 1:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up. ”
Habakkuk 1:3 — American Standard Version
Habakkuk 1:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence <FI>are<Fi> before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift <FI>itself<Fi> up,”
Habakkuk 1:3 — Young's Literal Translation
Habakkuk 1:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity, and lookest thou upon grievance? For spoiling and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up. ”
Habakkuk 1:3 — Darby Translation
Habakkuk 1:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Why doest thou shewe mee iniquitie, and cause me to beholde sorowe? for spoyling, and violence are before me: and there are that rayse vp strife and contention.”
Habakkuk 1:3 — Geneva Bible
Habakkuk 1:3 in Context — Habakkuk 1
1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
2 O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
3 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.
4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
5 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.
What Does Habakkuk 1:3 Mean?
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