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Habakkuk 1:10

10 And they themselves scoff at kings

and rulers are a joke to them.

They laugh at every fortification,

and they heap up earth and take it.

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Habakkuk 1:10 — The New International Version (NIV)

10 They mock kings

and scoff at rulers.

They laugh at all fortified cities;

by building earthen ramps they capture them.

Habakkuk 1:10 — English Standard Version (ESV)

10 At kings they scoff,

and at rulers they laugh.

They laugh at every fortress,

for they pile up earth and take it.

Habakkuk 1:10 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

10 And they shall scoff at the kings,

And the princes shall be a scorn unto them:

They shall deride every strong hold;

For they shall heap dust, and take it.

Habakkuk 1:10 — New Living Translation (NLT)

10 They scoff at kings and princes

and scorn all their fortresses.

They simply pile ramps of earth

against their walls and capture them!

Habakkuk 1:10 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

10 They scoff at kings,

And princes are scorned by them.

They deride every stronghold,

For they heap up earthen mounds and seize it.

Habakkuk 1:10 — New Century Version (NCV)

10 They laugh at kings

and make fun of rulers.

They laugh at all the strong, walled cities

and build dirt piles to the top of the walls to capture them.

Habakkuk 1:10 — American Standard Version (ASV)

10 Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.

Habakkuk 1:10 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

10 Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a scorn unto him; he derideth every stronghold: for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.

Habakkuk 1:10 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

10 They will make fun of kings and treat rulers as a joke. 

They will laugh at every fortified city 

and build a dirt ramp to capture it. 

Habakkuk 1:10 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

10 They mock kings,

and rulers are a joke to them.

They laugh at every fortress

and build siege ramps to capture it.

Habakkuk 1:10 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

10 At kings they scoff,

and of rulers they make sport.

They laugh at every fortress,

and heap up earth to take it.

Habakkuk 1:10 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

10 They laugh at kings

and make fun of rulers.

They laugh at all of the cities

that have high walls around them.

They build dirt ramps against the walls

and capture the cities.

Habakkuk 1:10 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

10 “They mock at kings

And rulers are a laughing matter to them.

They laugh at every fortress

And heap up rubble to capture it.


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