Habakkuk 1:2

What does Habakkuk 1:2 mean?

A plain-English look at Habakkuk 1:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

How long, O Lord, will your ears be shut to my voice? I make an outcry to you about violent behaviour, but you do not send salvation.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Till when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee--`Violence,' and Thou dost not save.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

How long, O Lord, shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? shall I cry out to thee suffering violence, and thou wilt not save?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost not save.

Context

v.1The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

v.2This passage

v.3Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 74:9

    We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

  • Psalms 94:3

    Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?

  • Revelation 6:10

    and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

  • Psalms 13:1

    How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

  • Lamentations 3:8

    Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.

  • Psalms 22:1

    My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou sofar from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

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