Habakkuk 1:2

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.

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Habakkuk 1:2 in other translations

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

Habakkuk 1:2 · World English Bible

Habakkuk 1:2 in context

  1. 1The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
  2. 2O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.
  3. 3Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.
  4. 4Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.

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