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Habakkuk 1:9

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They’re out to kill. Death is on their minds.

They collect victims like squirrels gathering nuts.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

They all come for violence,

all their faces forward.

They gather captives like sand.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

they all come intent on violence.

Their hordes advance like a desert wind

and gather prisoners like sand.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

All of them come to do violence;

their faces are set in determination.

They gather prisoners like sand.

NLTNew Living Translation

“On they come, all bent on violence.

Their hordes advance like a desert wind,

sweeping captives ahead of them like sand.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

All of them come for violence,

their faces pressing forward.

They gather captives like the sand.

KJV 1900King James Version

They shall come all for violence:

Their faces shall sup up as the east wind,

And they shall gather the captivity as the sand.