Habakkuk 2:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just 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 is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
• Heb 10:38 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
• Gal 3:11-12 : 11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. 12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
• John 3:36 : 36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
• 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
• Gal 2:16 : 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for 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 mind hardened in pride, 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: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. 22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine 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 in 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 honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
• Job 40:11-12 : 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold 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 in their place.
• Luke 18:14 : 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
• 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.