Habakkuk 1:7

What does Habakkuk 1:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Habakkuk 1:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

They are greatly to be feared: their right comes from themselves.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Terrible and fearful it <FI>is<Fi> , From itself its judgment and its excellency go forth.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

They are dreadful, and terrible: from themselves shall their judgment, and their burden proceed.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

Context

v.6For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.

v.7This passage

v.8Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.

Cross references

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

  • Deuteronomy 5:19

    Neither shalt thou steal.

  • Jeremiah 39:5

    But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment upon him.

  • Jeremiah 52:9

    Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment upon him.

  • Deuteronomy 5:27

    Go thou near, and hear all that Jehovah our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that Jehovah our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

  • Isaiah 18:7

    In that time shall a present be brought unto Jehovah of hosts from a people tall and smooth, even from a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Jehovah of hosts, the mount Zion.

  • Jeremiah 52:25

    and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and seven men of them that saw the king’s face, that were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

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