Verse 4

Habakkuk 1:4

Geneva Bible

4 Therefore the Lawe is dissolued, and iudgement doeth neuer go forth: for the wicked doeth compasse about the righteous: therefore wrong iudgement proceedeth.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עַל כֵּן֙ תָּפ֣וּג תּוֹרָ֔ה וְ/לֹֽא יֵצֵ֥א לָ/נֶ֖צַח מִשְׁפָּ֑ט כִּ֤י רָשָׁע֙ מַכְתִּ֣יר אֶת הַ/צַּדִּ֔יק עַל כֵּ֛ן יֵצֵ֥א מִשְׁפָּ֖ט מְעֻקָּֽל
English Translation
Therefore, the law will be abolished, and justice will not go forth forever, for the wicked surrounds the righteous; therefore, justice will come out perverted.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 1 Context
1 The burden, which Habakkuk the Prophet did see. Focus ↗
2 O Lord, howe long shall I crye, and thou wilt not heare! euen crye out vnto thee for violence, and t... Focus ↗
3 Why doest thou shewe mee iniquitie, and cause me to beholde sorowe? for spoyling, and violence are b... Focus ↗
4 Therefore the Lawe is dissolued, and iudgement doeth neuer go forth: for the wicked doeth compasse a...
5 Beholde among the heathen, and regarde, and wonder, and maruaile: for I will worke a worke in your d... Focus ↗
6 For lo, I raise vp the Caldeans, that bitter and furious nation, which shall goe vpon the breadth of... Focus ↗
7 They are terrible and fearefull: their iudgement and their dignitie shall proceede of theselues. Focus ↗
8 Their horses also are swifter then the leopards, and are more fierce then the wolues in the euening:... Focus ↗
9 They come all to spoyle: before their faces shalbe an Eastwinde, and they shall gather the captiuiti... Focus ↗
10 And they shall mocke the Kings, and the princes shalbe a skorne vnto them: they shall deride euery s... Focus ↗
11 Then shall they take a courage, and transgresse and doe wickedly, imputing this their power vnto the... Focus ↗
12 Art thou not of olde, O Lord my God (Elohim), mine holy one? we shall not die: O Lord, thou hast ord... Focus ↗
13 Thou art of pure eyes, and canst not see euill: thou canst not behold wickednesse: wherefore doest t... Focus ↗
14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, and as the creeping things, that haue no ruler ouer them. Focus ↗
15 They take vp all with the angle: they catch it in their net, and gather it in their yarne, whereof t... Focus ↗
16 Therefore they sacrifice vnto their net, and burne incense vnto their yarne, because by them their p... Focus ↗
17 Shall they therefore stretch out their net and not spare continually to slay the nations? Focus ↗