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Habakkuk 1:9

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9they all come intent on violence.

Their hordesb advance like a desert wind

and gather prisonerst like sand.

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Footnotes

  1. bThe meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Cross references

  1. tHab 2:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

They all come for violence,

all their faces forward.

They gather captives 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.