Habakkuk 1:7

World English Bible

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

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Habakkuk 1:7 in other translations

They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

Habakkuk 1:7 · American Standard Version

Habakkuk 1:7 in context

  1. 5“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.
  2. 6For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the width of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
  3. 7They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
  4. 8Their 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.
  5. 9All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.