Verse 3
Habakkuk 1:3
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לָ֣/מָּה תַרְאֵ֤/נִי אָ֨וֶן֙ וְ/עָמָ֣ל תַּבִּ֔יט וְ/שֹׁ֥ד וְ/חָמָ֖ס לְ/נֶגְדִּ֑/י וַ/יְהִ֧י רִ֦יב וּ/מָד֖וֹן יִשָּֽׂא
English Translation
Why do you show me iniquity and look at oppression and robbery and violence in front of me? And strife and contention arise.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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