Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And justice
For the wicked
Therefore justice comes out
King James Version
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
Holman Bible
and justice never emerges.
For the wicked restrict
therefore, justice
International Standard Version
Therefore, the Law has become paralyzed, and justice never comes about. Because criminals outnumber the righteous, whenever judgments are issued, they come out crooked."
A Conservative Version
Therefore the law is slacked, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked man surrounds the righteous man, therefore justice goes forth perverted.
American Standard Version
Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.
Amplified
Therefore, the law is ineffective and ignored
And justice is never upheld,
For the wicked surround the righteous;
Therefore, justice becomes perverted.
Bible in Basic English
For this reason the law is feeble and decisions are not effected: for the upright man is circled round by evil-doers; because of which right is twisted.
Darby Translation
Therefore the law is powerless, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked encompasseth the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted.
Julia Smith Translation
For this, the law will be slack, and judgment will not go forth forever: for the unjust surrounds the just; for this perverted judgment will go forth.
King James 2000
Therefore the law is slacked, and justice does never go forth: for the wicked does surround the righteous; therefore perverse judgment proceeds.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice does not go forth perpetually. For the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.
Modern King James verseion
Therefore the law has become helpless, and justice does not always go forth. For the wicked entraps the righteous; therefore justice goes forth, being perverted.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for the law is torn in pieces, and there can no right judgment go forth. And why? The ungodly is more set by than the righteous: this is the cause that wrong judgment proceedeth.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.
The Emphasized Bible
For which cause, benumbed is the law, and there is never any going forth of justice, - for, the lawless, doth circumvent the righteous, for which cause, justice doth go forth perverted?
Webster
Therefore the law is slackened, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth encompass the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
World English Bible
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.
Youngs Literal Translation
Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Habakkuk 1:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Habakkuk's Complaint
3
Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.
4
And justice
For the wicked
Therefore justice comes out
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 119:126
It is time for the LORD to act, for your law has been broken.
Ezekiel 9:9
Then he said to me, "The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For they say, 'The LORD has forsaken the land, and the LORD does not see.'
Job 21:7
Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
Psalm 58:1-2
Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
Isaiah 1:21-23
How the faithful city has become a whore, she who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Isaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
Exodus 23:2
You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice,
Exodus 23:6
"You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
1 Kings 21:13
And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king." So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.
Psalm 11:3
if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?"
Psalm 22:16
For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet--
Psalm 59:2
deliver me from those who work evil, and save me from bloodthirsty men.
Psalm 59:4
for no fault of mine, they run and make ready. Awake, come to meet me, and see!
Psalm 82:1-5
God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
Psalm 94:3
O LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?
Psalm 94:20-21
Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute?
Isaiah 59:2-8
but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
Isaiah 59:13-15
transgressing, and denying the LORD, and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
Jeremiah 5:27-29
Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and rich;
Jeremiah 12:6
For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; do not believe them, though they speak friendly words to you."
Jeremiah 26:8
And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, then the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, saying, "You shall die!
Jeremiah 26:21-23
And when King Jehoiakim, with all his warriors and all the officials, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah heard of it, he was afraid and fled and escaped to Egypt.
Jeremiah 37:14-16
And Jeremiah said, "It is a lie; I am not deserting to the Chaldeans." But Irijah would not listen to him, and seized Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.
Jeremiah 38:4-6
Then the officials said to the king, "Let this man be put to death, for he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm."
Ezekiel 22:25-30
The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.
Hosea 10:4
They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
Amos 5:7
O you who turn justice to wormwood and cast down righteousness to the earth!
Amos 5:12
For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins-- you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
Micah 2:1-2
Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Micah 3:1-3
And I said: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?--
Micah 7:2-4
The godly has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among mankind; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts the other with a net.
Matthew 26:59-66
Now the chief priests and the whole Councilwere seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,
Matthew 27:1-2
When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
Matthew 27:25-26
And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!"
Mark 7:9
And he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,
Acts 7:59
And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
Acts 23:12-14
When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Romans 3:31
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
James 2:6-7
But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?