Habakkuk 1:9 — Bible Verse (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.”
Habakkuk 1:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Habakkuk 1:9 in 6 Bible Translations
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Habakkuk 1:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“All of them come for violence. Their hordes face forward. They gather prisoners like sand.”
Habakkuk 1:9 — World English Bible
Habakkuk 1:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.”
Habakkuk 1:9 — American Standard Version
Habakkuk 1:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.”
Habakkuk 1:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Habakkuk 1:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“They come all of them for violence: the crowd of their faces is forwards, and they gather captives as the sand. ”
Habakkuk 1:9 — Darby Translation
Habakkuk 1:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“They come all to spoyle: before their faces shalbe an Eastwinde, and they shall gather the captiuitie, as the sand.”
Habakkuk 1:9 — Geneva Bible
Habakkuk 1:9 in Context — Habakkuk 1
7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
8 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.
9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
10 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.
11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
What Does Habakkuk 1:9 Mean?
Habakkuk 1:9 is a verse from the Book of Habakkuk, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Habakkuk chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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