Habakkuk 2:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּ֣ה עֻפְּלָ֔ה לֹא־יָשְׁרָ֥ה נַפְשׁ֖וֹ בּ֑וֹ וְצַדִּ֖יק בֶּאֱמוּנָת֥וֹ יִחְיֶֽה׃

Transliteration

Behold ʿuppĕlâ, not yāšĕrâ napšô in him, but ṣaddîq in ʾĕmûnātô yiḥyeh.

Grammar Details

• *ʿuppĕlâ*: verb, pual perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - is puffed up/swollen
• *yāšĕrâ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - is straight/upright
• *napšô*: noun, feminine, singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul
• *ṣaddîq*: adjective, masculine, singular - righteous person
• *ʾĕmûnātô*: noun, feminine, singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his faithfulness
• *yiḥyeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will live

Word Meanings

• *ʿuppĕlâ*: puffed up/proud/presumptuous
• *napšô*: his soul/life/self
• *ʾĕmûnātô*: his faithfulness/steadfastness/fidelity/faith
• *yiḥyeh*: will live/survive/be preserved

Referenced Verses

• Rom 1:17 : 17 For therein {G846} is revealed a righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.
• Heb 10:38 : 38 But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.
• Gal 3:11-12 : 11 Now that no man is justified by the law before God, is evident: for, The righteous shall live by faith; 12 and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.
• John 3:36 : 36 He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
• 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he {G5613} {G2316} sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God.
• Gal 2:16 : 16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but {G3361} through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
• Dan 5:20-23 : 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: 21 and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts', and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; until he knew that the Most High God ruleth in the kingdom of men, and that he setteth up over it whomsoever he will. 22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this, 23 but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
• Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
• Job 40:11-12 : 11 Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
• Luke 18:14 : 14 I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
• 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.