Parallel Verses
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:
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 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
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Ra'ah
'aven
Nabat
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Habakkuk 1:3
Images Habakkuk 1:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Habakkuk's Complaint
2
How long, O Jehovah (YHWH), will I call for help and you do not hear? I cry out to you, save me from violence! And yet you do not save.
3
And cause me to look on wickedness?
Yes,
Cross References
Psalm 55:9-11
Confuse their language, O Jehovah, because I see violence and conflict in the city.
Jeremiah 9:2-6
I wish I had a dwelling in the desert. I would abandon my people and go away from them. They are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Psalm 12:1-2
([Psalm of David]) Save me O Jehovah for no godly person is left. Faithful people have vanished from among the sons of men.
Psalm 73:3-9
I was envious of arrogant people when I saw the peace and prosperity that wicked people enjoy.
Psalm 120:5-6
How horrible it is to live as a foreigner in Meshech or to stay in the tents of Kedar.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed for they had no one to comfort them. The oppressors had power but they had no one to comfort them.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the country, do not be shocked at the sight. One official watches over another official and there are higher officials over them.
Jeremiah 20:8
Each time I speak, I cry aloud. I proclaim violence and destruction! For me the word of Jehovah has resulted in reproach and derision all day long.
Ezekiel 2:6
Son of man, do not be afraid of them or the things they say. Do not be afraid, even though thorns and thistles are around you and you live among scorpions. Do not let the things they say frighten you. Do not be terrified in their presence even though they are rebellious people.
Micah 7:1-4
Too bad for me! For I am like the gathered summer fruit, as the grape gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat. I desire the first ripe fig.
Matthew 10:16
I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
2 Peter 2:8
That righteous man that dwelled among them was tormented by the lawless deeds he saw and heard.