Habakkuk 1:3
Habakkuk 1:3 — English Standard Version (ESV)
3 Why do you make me see iniquity,
and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.
Habakkuk 1:3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance?
For spoiling and violence are before me:
And there are that raise up strife and contention.
Habakkuk 1:3 — New Living Translation (NLT)
3 Must I forever see these evil deeds?
Why must I watch all this misery?
Wherever I look,
I see destruction and violence.
I am surrounded by people
who love to argue and fight.
Habakkuk 1:3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
3 Why do You show me iniquity,
And cause me to see trouble?
For plundering and violence are before me;
There is strife, and contention arises.
Habakkuk 1:3 — New Century Version (NCV)
3 Why do you make me see wrong things
and make me look at trouble?
People are destroying things and hurting others in front of me;
they are arguing and fighting.
Habakkuk 1:3 — American Standard Version (ASV)
3 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.
Habakkuk 1:3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
3 Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity, and lookest thou upon grievance? For spoiling and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.
Habakkuk 1:3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
3 Why do you make me see wrongdoing?
And why do you watch wickedness?
Destruction and violence are in front of me.
Quarrels and disputes arise.
Habakkuk 1:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
3 Why do You force me to look at injustice?
Why do You tolerate wrongdoing?
Oppression and violence are right in front of me.
Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.
Habakkuk 1:3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
3 Why do you make me see wrongdoing
and look at trouble?
Destruction and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.
Habakkuk 1:3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
3 Why do you cause me to see evil
while you look at trouble?
Destruction and violence happen before me;
contention and strife arise.
Habakkuk 1:3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
3 Why do you make me watch while
people treat others so unfairly?
Why do you put up with the wrong things
they are doing?
I have to look at death.
People are harming others.
They are arguing and fighting all the time.
Habakkuk 1:3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
3 Why do You make me see iniquity,
And cause me to look on wickedness?
Yes, destruction and violence are before me;
Strife exists and contention arises.