Habakkuk 2:4
They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked.
But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.*
Habakkuk 2:4 — The New International Version (NIV)
4 “See, the enemy is puffed up;
his desires are not upright—
but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness—
Habakkuk 2:4 — English Standard Version (ESV)
4 “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
but the righteous shall live by his faith.
Habakkuk 2:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him:
But the just shall live by his faith.
Habakkuk 2:4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
4 “Behold the proud,
His soul is not upright in him;
But the just shall live by his faith.
Habakkuk 2:4 — New Century Version (NCV)
4 The evil nation is very proud of itself;
it is not living as it should.
But those who are right with God will live by faith.
Habakkuk 2:4 — American Standard Version (ASV 1901)
4 Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.
Habakkuk 2:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
4 Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright within him: but the just shall live by his faith.
Habakkuk 2:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
4 “Look at the proud person. He is not right in himself.
But the righteous person will live because of his faithfulness.
Habakkuk 2:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
4 Look, his ego is inflated;
he is without integrity.
But the righteous one will live by his faith.
Habakkuk 2:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
4 Look at the proud!
Their spirit is not right in them,
but the righteous live by their faith.
Habakkuk 2:4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
4 Look! His spirit within him is puffed up;
it is not upright.
But the righteous shall live by his faithfulness.
Habakkuk 2:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
4 “The Babylonians are very proud.
What they want is not good.
“But the one who is right with God
will live by faith.
Habakkuk 2:4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
4 “Behold, as for the proud one,
His soul is not right within him;
But the righteous will live by his faith.
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