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Habakkuk 1:2

The Prophet’s Question

2 O Lord, how long shall I cry,

aAnd You will not hear?

Even cry out to You, b“Violence!”

And You will cnot save.

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Habakkuk 1:2 — The New International Version (NIV)

How long, Lord, must I call for help,

but you do not listen?

Or cry out to you, “Violence!”

but you do not save?

Habakkuk 1:2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,

and you will not hear?

Or cry to you “Violence!”

and you will not save?

Habakkuk 1:2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear!

Even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

Habakkuk 1:2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

How long, O Lord, must I call for help?

But you do not listen!

“Violence is everywhere!” I cry,

but you do not come to save.

Habakkuk 1:2 — New Century Version (NCV)

Lord, how long must I ask for help

and you ignore me?

I cry out to you about violence,

but you do not save us!

Habakkuk 1:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.

Habakkuk 1:2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost not save.

Habakkuk 1:2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

How long, O Lord, am I to cry for help, 

but you will not listen? 

I cry out to you, “There’s violence!” 

yet you will not come to the rescue. 

Habakkuk 1:2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

How long, Lord, must I call for help

and You do not listen

or cry out to You about violence

and You do not save?

Habakkuk 1:2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,

and you will not listen?

Or cry to you “Violence!”

and you will not save?

Habakkuk 1:2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

O Yahweh, how long shall I cry for help

and you will not listen?

How long will I cry out to you, “Violence!”

and you will not save?

Habakkuk 1:2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Lord, how long do I have to call out for help?

Why don’t you listen to me?

How long must I keep telling you

that things are terrible?

Why don’t you save us?

Habakkuk 1:2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

How long, O Lord, will I call for help,

And You will not hear?

I cry out to You, “Violence!”

Yet You do not save.


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