Habakkuk 1:12–15
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Habakkuk’s Second Complaint
12Lord, are you not from everlasting?y
My God, my Holy One,z youc will never die.a
You, Lord, have appointedb them to execute judgment;
you, my Rock,c have ordained them to punish.
13Your eyes are too pured to look on evil;
you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.e
Why then do you toleratef the treacherous?g
Why are you silent while the wicked
swallow up those more righteous than themselves?h
14You have made people like the fish in the sea,
like the sea creatures that have no ruler.
15The wickedi foe pulls all of them up with hooks,j
he catches them in his net,k
he gathers them up in his dragnet;
and so he rejoices and is glad.
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- cAn ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text we
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Are you not from everlasting,
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
We shall not die.
O Lord, you have ordained them as a judgment,
and you, O Rock, have established them for reproof.
You who are of purer eyes than to see evil
and cannot look at wrong,
why do you idly look at traitors
and remain silent when the wicked swallows up
the man more righteous than he?
You make mankind like the fish of the sea,
like crawling things that have no ruler.
He brings all of them up with a hook;
he drags them out with his net;
he gathers them in his dragnet;
so he rejoices and is glad.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Are you not from eternity, Lord my God?
My Holy One, you will not die.
Lord, you appointed them to execute judgment;
my Rock, you destined them to punish us.
Your eyes are too pure to look on evil,
and you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
So why do you tolerate those who are treacherous?
Why are you silent
while one who is wicked swallows up
one who is more righteous than himself?
You have made mankind
like the fish of the sea,
like marine creatures that have no ruler.
The Chaldeans pull them all up with a hook,
catch them in their dragnet,
and gather them in their fishing net;
that is why they are glad and rejoice.
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NLTNew Living Translation
O Lord my God, my Holy One, you who are eternal—
surely you do not plan to wipe us out?
O Lord, our Rock, you have sent these Babylonians to correct us,
to punish us for our many sins.
But you are pure and cannot stand the sight of evil.
Will you wink at their treachery?
Should you be silent while the wicked
swallow up people more righteous than they?
Are we only fish to be caught and killed?
Are we only sea creatures that have no leader?
Must we be strung up on their hooks
and caught in their nets while they rejoice and celebrate?
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Are you not from of old,
O Yahweh my God, my Holy One?
You shall not die.
O Yahweh, you have marked them for judgment;
O Rock, you have established them for reproof.
Your eyes are too pure to see evil,
and you are not able to look at wrongdoing.
Why do you look at the treacherous?
Why are you silent when the wicked swallows up
someone more righteous than him?
You make humankind like fish of the sea,
like crawling creatures that have no ruler among them.
He brings up all of them with a fishhook;
he drags them up with his fishnet,
and he gathers them in his dragnet.
Therefore, he rejoices and exults.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Art thou not from everlasting,
O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die.
O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment;
And, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil,
And canst not look on iniquity:
Wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously,
And holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
And makest men as the fishes of the sea,
As the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
They take up all of them with the angle,
They catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag:
Therefore they rejoice and are glad.
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