Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.
New American Standard Bible
And cause me to look on wickedness?
Yes,
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
Why do You tolerate
Oppression and violence are right in front of me.
Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.
International Standard Version
Why are you forcing me to look at iniquity and to stare at wickedness? Social havoc and oppression are all around me; there are legal conflicts, and disputes abound.
A Conservative Version
Why do thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? For destruction and violence are before me, and there is strife, and contention rises up.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
Why do You make me see iniquity,
And cause me to look on wickedness?
For destruction and violence are before me;
Strife continues and contention arises.
Bible in Basic English
Why do you make me see evil-doing, and why are my eyes fixed on wrong? for wasting and violent acts are before me: and there is fighting and bitter argument.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore wilt thou cause me to see vanity and cause me to look at labor? and oppression and violence before me, and there will be contention, and strife will be raised up.
King James 2000
Why do you show me iniquity, and cause me to behold trouble? for plundering and violence are before me: and there are those that raise up strife and contention.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Why do you cause me to see evil [while] you look at trouble? Destruction and violence happen before me; contention and strife arise.
Modern King James verseion
Why do You show me evil, and You look on toil? For destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention rises up.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Why lettest thou me see weariness and labour? Tyranny and violence are before me, power overgoeth right:
New Heart English Bible
Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore shouldst thou let me see iniquity, and, wrong, shouldst let me behold, and, force and violence, be straight before me, - and there should have ever been someone who, contention and strife, would uphold?
Webster
Why dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for devastation and violence are before me: and there are that raise strife and contention.
World English Bible
Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.
Youngs Literal Translation
Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence are before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift itself up,
Themes
Christian ministers » Discouragements of
Contentiousness » The contentious spirit
Topics
Interlinear
Ra'ah
'aven
Nabat
`amal
Shod
Word Count of 20 Translations in Habakkuk 1:3
Images Habakkuk 1:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Habakkuk's Complaint
2 How long, Lord, must I cry for help? But you do not listen! I call out to you, "Violence!" But you do not intervene! 3 Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife. 4 For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted.
Cross References
Psalm 55:9-11
Confuse them, O Lord! Frustrate their plans! For I see violence and conflict in the city.
Jeremiah 9:2-6
I wish I had a lodging place in the desert where I could spend some time like a weary traveler. Then I would desert my people and walk away from them because they are all unfaithful to God, a congregation of people that has been disloyal to him.
Psalm 12:1-2
For the music director; according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. Deliver, Lord! For the godly have disappeared; people of integrity have vanished.
Psalm 73:3-9
For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalm 120:5-6
How miserable I am! For I have lived temporarily in Meshech; I have resided among the tents of Kedar.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!
Jeremiah 20:8
For whenever I prophesy, I must cry out, "Violence and destruction are coming!" This message from the Lord has made me an object of continual insults and derision.
Ezekiel 2:6
But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words -- even though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions -- do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house!
Micah 7:1-4
I am depressed! Indeed, it is as if the summer fruit has been gathered, and the grapes have been harvested. There is no grape cluster to eat, no fresh figs that I crave so much.
Matthew 10:16
"I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
2 Peter 2:8
(for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)