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Habakkuk 1:4

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4Therefore the law his slacked, and judgment doth never go forth:

For ithe wicked doth kcompass about the righteous;

Therefore ||wrong judgment proceedeth.

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Footnotes

  1. hGen. 45:26. Ps. 77:2 in the Heb. See Lam. 2:18.
  2. iSo ver. 13. Ps. 94:3. See Jer. 12:1.
  3. kSee Ps. 22:12.
  4. ||Or, wrested. So Isai. 27:1.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So the law is paralyzed,

and justice never goes forth.

For the wicked surround the righteous;

so justice goes forth perverted.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore the law is paralyzed,

and justice never prevails.

The wicked hem in the righteous,

so that justice is perverted.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

This is why the law is ineffective

and justice never emerges.

For the wicked restrict the righteous;

therefore, justice comes out perverted.

NLTNew Living Translation

The law has become paralyzed,

and there is no justice in the courts.

The wicked far outnumber the righteous,

so that justice has become perverted.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore the law is paralyzed,

and justice does not go forth perpetually.

For the wicked surround the righteous;

therefore justice goes forth perverted.