Parallel Verses
NET Bible
"Look at the nations and pay attention! You will be shocked and amazed! For I will do something in your lifetime that you will not believe even though you are forewarned.
New American Standard Bible
Be astonished!
Because I am doing
You would not believe if
King James Version
Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
Holman Bible
be utterly astounded!
For something is taking place in your days
that you will not believe
when you hear about it.
International Standard Version
"Look out at the nations and pay attention! Be astounded! Be really astounded! Because something is happening in your lifetime that you won't believe, even if it were described down to the smallest detail.
A Conservative Version
Behold ye {scoffers (LXX/NT)}, and look, and wonder marvelously. For I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.
American Standard Version
Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.
Amplified
[The Lord replied,] “Look among the nations! See!
Be astonished! Wonder!
For I am doing something in your days—
You would not believe it if you were told.
Bible in Basic English
See among the nations, and take note, and be full of wonder: for in your days I am doing a work in which you will have no belief, even if news of it is given to you.
Darby Translation
See ye among the nations, and behold, and wonder marvellously; for I work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be declared to you.
Julia Smith Translation
See ye among the nations, and look, and wonder; ye shall wonder: for the working a work in your days ye will not believe if it shall be recounted.
King James 2000
Behold you among the nations, and regard, and wonder and be astonished: for I will work a work in your days, which you will not believe, though it be told you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Look among the nations and see; be astonished and astounded. For a work [is about to] be done in your days that you will not believe if it is told.
Modern King James verseion
Look among the nations, and behold and wonder marvelously; for I will work a work in your days which you will not believe, not even if it is declared to you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold among the Heathen, and look well: wonder at it, and be abashed: For I will do a thing in your time, which though it be told you, ye shall not believe.
New Heart English Bible
"Look, you scoffers, watch, and wonder marvelously, and perish; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is told you.
The Emphasized Bible
Behold ye, among the nations, and look around, Yea stand stock still - stare, - for, a work, is being wrought in your days, ye will not believe, when it is recounted.
Webster
Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.
World English Bible
"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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Look ye on nations, and behold and marvel greatly. For a work He is working in your days, Ye do not believe though it is declared.
Interlinear
Ra'ah
Yowm
Word Count of 20 Translations in Habakkuk 1:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Answer To Habakkuk
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. 5 "Look at the nations and pay attention! You will be shocked and amazed! For I will do something in your lifetime that you will not believe even though you are forewarned. 6 Look, I am about to empower the Babylonians, that ruthless and greedy nation. They sweep across the surface of the earth, seizing dwelling places that do not belong to them.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 29:14
Therefore I will again do an amazing thing for these people -- an absolutely extraordinary deed. Wise men will have nothing to say, the sages will have no explanations."
Ezekiel 12:22-28
"Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel, 'The days pass slowly, and every vision fails'?
Deuteronomy 4:27
Then the Lord will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you among the nations where the Lord will drive you.
Isaiah 28:21-22
For the Lord will rise up, as he did at Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself, as he did in the Valley of Gibeon, to accomplish his work, his peculiar work, to perform his task, his strange task.
Isaiah 29:9
You will be shocked and amazed! You are totally blind! They are drunk, but not because of wine; they stagger, but not because of beer.
Jeremiah 5:12-13
"These people have denied what the Lord says. They have said, 'That is not so! No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine.
Jeremiah 9:25-26
The Lord says, "Watch out! The time is soon coming when I will punish all those who are circumcised only in the flesh.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then some people said, "Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God's word. Come on! Let's bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says."
Jeremiah 25:14-29
For many nations and great kings will make slaves of the king of Babylon and his nation too. I will repay them for all they have done!'"
Lamentations 4:12
(Lamed) Neither the kings of the earth nor the people of the lands ever thought that enemy or foe would enter the gates of Jerusalem.
Daniel 9:12
He has carried out his threats against us and our rulers who were over us by bringing great calamity on us -- what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven!
Zephaniah 1:2
"I will destroy everything from the face of the earth," says the Lord.
Acts 6:13-14
They brought forward false witnesses who said, "This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.
Acts 13:40-41
Watch out, then, that what is spoken about by the prophets does not happen to you: