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Habakkuk 1

Hab. 1:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou art of purer
tahowr (Hebrew #2889)
from 2891; pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
KJV usage: clean, fair, pure(-ness).
Pronounce: taw-hore'
Origin: or tahor {taw-hore'}
eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
than to behold
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
, and canst
yakol (Hebrew #3201)
a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
KJV usage: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Pronounce: yaw-kole'
Origin: or (fuller) yakowl {yaw-kole'}
not look
nabat (Hebrew #5027)
to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
KJV usage: (cause to) behold, consider, look (down), regard, have respect, see.
Pronounce: naw-bat'
Origin: a primitive root
on χiniquity
`amal (Hebrew #5999)
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
KJV usage: grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
Pronounce: aw-mawl'
Origin: from 5998
: wherefore lookest
nabat (Hebrew #5027)
to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
KJV usage: (cause to) behold, consider, look (down), regard, have respect, see.
Pronounce: naw-bat'
Origin: a primitive root
thou upon them that deal treacherously
bagad (Hebrew #898)
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
KJV usage: deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), X very.
Pronounce: baw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
, and holdest thy tongue
charash (Hebrew #2790)
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
KJV usage: X altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
Pronounce: khaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
when the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
devoureth
bala` (Hebrew #1104)
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
KJV usage: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
Pronounce: baw-lah'
Origin: a primitive root
the man that is more righteous
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
than he?
χ
or, grievance.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Job 15:15• 15Behold, in his holy ones he trusteth not,{HR}And the heavens are not clean in his eyes; (Job 15:15)
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Psa. 5:4‑5• 4For thou art not a God delighting in wickedness:{HR}Evil dwelleth not with thee.
 5The proud shall not stand before thine eyes:{HR}Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. (Psa. 5:4‑5)
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Psa. 11:4‑7• 4Jehovah [is] in the temple of his holiness;{HR}Jehovah, his throne is in the heavens;{HR}His eyes behold, his eyelids prove, the sons of men.
 5Jehovah proveth the righteous [man];{HR}And the wicked [man]{HR}And him who loveth violence his soul hateth.
 6He will rain upon the wicked snares, fire and brimstone{HR}And a burning tempest—the portion of their cup.
 7For righteous [is] Jehovah; he loveth righteousness;{HR}His face beholdeth the upright. (Psa. 11:4‑7)
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Psa. 34:15‑16• 15The eyes of Jehovah [are] upon the righteous{HR}And his ears toward their cry.
 16The face of Jehovah [is] against those that do evil,{HR}To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. (Psa. 34:15‑16)
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1 Peter 1:15‑16• 15but according to the Holy One that called you, be ye also holy in every [part of] conduct,
 16because it is written, Holy ye shall be, because I [am] holy. (1 Peter 1:15‑16)
iniquity.
or, grievance.
wherefore.
Psa. 10:1‑2,15• 1Wherefore, O Jehovah, standest thou afar off?{HR}Hidest thou thyself in times of distress?
 2In the pride of the wicked he doth hotly pursue the poor;{HR}They are taken in the very devices they devised.
 15Break thou the arm of the wicked [man] and the evil [man]:{HR}Thou shall search out his wickedness, [till] thou shalt find nothing. (Psa. 10:1‑2,15)
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Psa. 73:3• 3For I was envious at the arrogant (fools),{HR}Seeing the peace of wicked (men). (Psa. 73:3)
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Jer. 12:1‑2• 1Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
 2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. (Jer. 12:1‑2)
deal.
Isa. 21:2• 2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, Elam; besiege, Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. (Isa. 21:2)
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Isa. 33:1• 1Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou [wast] not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. (Isa. 33:1)
holdest.
Esther 4:14• 14For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, there shall relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall perish: and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for [such] a time as this. (Esther 4:14)
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Psa. 35:22• 22Thou hast seen, O Jehovah;{HR}Keep not silent, O Lord, be not far from me. (Psa. 35:22)
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Psa. 50:3,21• 3Our God will come and not be silent:{HR}A fire before him shall devour,{HR}And around him it shall be very tempestuous.
 21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;{HR}Thou thoughtest I was altogether, like thee.{HR}I will reprove thee and set [them] in order before thine eyes. (Psa. 50:3,21)
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Psa. 83:1• 1A song, a psalm of Asaph.{HR}O God, keep not silence;{HR}Hold not thy peace and be not still, O God . (Psa. 83:1)
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Prov. 31:8‑9• 8{i}Open thy mouth for the dumb,{HR}For the cause of all those that are left desolate.{/i}
 9{i}Open thy mouth, judge righteously,{HR}And minister justice to the afflicted and needy.{/i} (Prov. 31:8‑9)
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Isa. 64:12• 12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these [things], O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore. (Isa. 64:12)
the wicked.
Hab. 1:3‑4• 3Why dost thou show me iniquity, and beholdest grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
 4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. (Hab. 1:3‑4)
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2 Sam. 4:11• 11how much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? Shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth? (2 Sam. 4:11)
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1 Kings 2:32• 32{i}And Jehovah shall requite the blood which he shed upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, without my father David's knowledge: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.{/i} (1 Kings 2:32)
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Psa. 37:12‑15,32‑33• 12The wicked [man] deviseth evil against the righteous [man]{HR}And gnasheth his teeth upon him.
 13The Lord laugheth at him,{HR}For he hath seen that his day is come.
 14A sword have the wicked drawn,{HR}And they have bent their bow,{HR}To cause the poor and needy to fall,{HR}To slay the upright in way.
 15Their sword shall come into their own heart{HR}And their bows shall be broken.
 32The wicked [man] lieth in wait for the righteous [one]{HR}And seeketh to kill him.
 33Jehovah will not leave him in his hand,{HR}And will not condemn him when he is judged. (Psa. 37:12‑15,32‑33)
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Psa. 56:1‑2• 1To the chief musician, as the silent dove of the distant, of David, Michtam ; when the Philistines took him in Gath.{HR}Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up;{HR}All the day fighting he oppresseth me.
 2They that lie in wait for me would swallow [me] up all the day,{HR}For many fight proudly against me. (Psa. 56:1‑2)
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Acts 2:23• 23(him, given up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by hand of lawless [men] did crucify and slay; (Acts 2:23)
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Acts 3:13‑15• 13The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, did glorify his servant Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied before Pilate's face, when he decided to release [him].
 14But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you;
 15but the Author of life ye killed, whom God raised from [the] dead of which we are witnesses; (Acts 3:13‑15)
• This is what drew out the prophet’s heart-that the people of God, let their faults be what they might, contained whatever was righteous at that time on the earth, and that these Chaldeans, raised up to humble the Jews, were as merciless in their dealings with them as they were forgetful and contemptuous toward God Himself. (“Habakkuk 1” by W. Kelly)
• The prophet bases his conclusions, not simply on the wickedness of the enemy, but, on the holiness of God. (“The Card on the Pavement”)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on mischief: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and keepest silence when the wicked swalloweth up a man more righteous than he?

W. Kelly Translation

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Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?