Habakkuk 1:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence `are' before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift `itself' up,

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 55:9-9 : 9 Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city. 10 By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness `are' in its midst, 11 Mischiefs `are' in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.
  • Ps 73:3-9 : 3 The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death, 4 And their might `is' firm. 5 In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued. 6 Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress. 7 Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed; 8 They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak. 9 They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.
  • Ps 120:5-6 : 5 Wo to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar. 6 Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.
  • Eccl 4:1 : 1 And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors `is' power, and they have no comforter.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones `are' over them.
  • Jer 9:2-6 : 2 Who doth give me in a wilderness A lodging-place of travellers? And I leave my people, and go from them, For all of them `are' adulterers, An assembly of treacherous ones. 3 And they bend their tongue, their bow `is' a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah! 4 Each of his friend -- beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk, 5 And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured. 6 thy dwelling `is' in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
  • Jer 20:8 : 8 Because from the time I speak I cry out, `Violence and destruction,' I cry, For the word of Jehovah hath been to me For reproach and for derision all the day.
  • Ezek 2:6 : 6 `And thou, son of man, thou art not afraid of them, yea, of their words thou art not afraid, for briers and thorns are with thee, and near scorpions thou art dwelling, of their words thou art not afraid, and of their faces thou art not affrighted, for they `are' a rebellious house,
  • Mic 7:1-4 : 1 My wo `is' to me, for I have been As gatherings of summer-fruit, As gleanings of harvest, There is no cluster to eat, The first-ripe fruit desired hath my soul. 2 Perished hath the kind out of the land, And upright among men -- there are none, All of them for blood lie in wait, Each his brother they hunt `with' a net. 3 On the evil `are' both hands to do `it' well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up. 4 Their best one `is' as a brier, The upright one -- than a thorn-hedge, The day of thy watchmen -- Thy visitation -- hath come. Now is their perplexity.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 `Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.
  • 2 Pet 2:8 : 8 for in seeing and hearing, the righteous man, dwelling among them, day by day the righteous soul with unlawful works was harassing.
  • Ps 12:1-2 : 1 To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men: 2 Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Hab 1:4
    80%

    4 Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.

  • Hab 1:13
    79%

    13 Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,

  • Hab 1:2
    78%

    2 Till when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee -- `Violence,' and Thou dost not save.

  • Jer 12:1
    77%

    1 Righteous `art' Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.

  • Job 14:3
    75%

    3 Also -- on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee.

  • Job 10:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2 I say unto God, `Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive `with' me.

    3 Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?

  • Jer 11:20
    74%

    20 And O Jehovah of Hosts, judging righteousness, Trying reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance against them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.'

  • Lam 3:59
    74%

    59 Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause.

  • Job 13:24
    74%

    24 Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?

  • Job 19:7
    74%

    7 Lo, I cry out -- violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment.

  • Jer 20:12
    74%

    12 And, O Jehovah of Hosts, trier of the righteous, Beholder of reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance out of them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.

  • Job 31:3
    73%

    3 Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?

  • Ps 10:1
    73%

    1 Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,

  • Job 8:3
    73%

    3 Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?

  • Job 22:5
    73%

    5 Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities.

  • Lam 1:12
    72%

    12 `Is it' nothing to you, all ye passing by the way? Look attentively, and see, If there is any pain like my pain, That He is rolling to me? Whom Jehovah hath afflicted In the day of the fierceness of His anger.

  • Job 10:6
    72%

    6 That Thou inquirest for mine iniquity, And for my sin seekest?

  • Jer 5:29
    72%

    29 For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?

  • Ps 94:20
    72%

    20 Is a throne of mischief joined `with' Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?

  • Ps 65:3
    72%

    3 Matters of iniquities were mightier than I, Our transgressions -- Thou dost cover them.

  • Ps 55:3
    72%

    3 Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

  • Lam 1:20
    72%

    20 See, O Jehovah, for distress `is' to me, My bowels have been troubled, Turned hath been my heart in my midst, For I have greatly provoked, From without bereaved hath the sword, In the house `it is' as death.

  • Lam 1:22
    72%

    22 Come in doth all their evil before Thee, And one is doing to them as Thou hast done to me, For all my transgressions, For many `are' my sighs, and my heart `is' sick!

  • Job 18:3
    72%

    3 Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes!

  • Ps 43:1
    72%

    1 Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

  • Jer 22:17
    72%

    17 But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.

  • Ps 17:2
    72%

    2 From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly.

  • Job 10:17
    71%

    17 Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, And dost multiply Thine anger with me, Changes and warfare `are' with me.

  • Job 13:26
    71%

    26 For Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth:

  • Ps 82:2
    71%

    2 Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.

  • Jer 2:29
    71%

    29 Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Job 19:28
    71%

    28 But ye say, `Why do we pursue after him?' And the root of the matter hath been found in me.

  • Mal 2:17
    71%

    17 Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, And ye have said: `In what have we wearied Him?' In your saying: `Every evil-doer `is' good in the eyes of Jehovah, And in them He is delighting,' Or, `Where `is' the God of judgment?'

  • Ps 28:3
    71%

    3 Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

  • Mic 7:9
    71%

    9 The indignation of Jehovah I do bear, For I have sinned against Him, Till that He doth plead my cause, And hath executed my judgment, He doth bring me forth to the light, I look on His righteousness.

  • Amos 5:12
    71%

    12 For I have known -- many `are' your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside.

  • Isa 59:15
    71%

    15 And the truth is lacking, And whoso is turning aside from evil, Is making himself a spoil. And Jehovah seeth, and it is evil in His eyes, That there is no judgment.

  • Job 40:8
    71%

    8 Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?

  • Ps 10:14
    71%

    14 Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave `it', Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

  • Isa 57:17
    71%

    17 For the iniquity of his dishonest gain, I have been wroth, and I smite him, Hiding -- and am wroth, And he goeth on turning back in the way of his heart.

  • Mic 3:1
    71%

    1 And I say, `Hear, I pray you, heads of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Is it not for you to know the judgment?

  • Eccl 3:16
    71%

    16 And again, I have seen under the sun the place of judgment -- there `is' the wicked; and the place of righteousness -- there `is' the wicked.

  • Isa 3:15
    71%

    15 What -- to you? ye bruise My people, And the faces of the poor ye grind.' An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, And Jehovah saith:

  • Ps 3:1
    71%

    1 A Psalm of David, in his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son. Jehovah, how have my distresses multiplied! Many are rising up against me.

  • Ezek 9:9
    71%

    9 And He saith unto me, `The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah `is' very very great, and the land is full of blood, and the city hath been full of perverseness, for they have said: Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah is not seeing.

  • Jer 15:18
    71%

    18 Why hath my pain been perpetual? And my wound incurable? It hath refused to be healed, Thou art surely to me as a failing stream, Waters not stedfast.

  • Job 17:2
    71%

    2 If not -- mockeries `are' with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.

  • Ps 130:3
    71%

    3 If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand?

  • Ps 94:3
    71%

    3 Till when `do' the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?