Habakkuk 1:3
Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.Habakkuk 1:3 in the real world
In what words
- שֹׁדshôdviolence, ravage
- רִיבrîyba contest (personal or legal)
- עָמָלʻâmâltoil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
- חָמָסchâmâçviolence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
- אָוֶןʼâvenstrictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
- נָבַטnâbaṭto scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- רָאָהrâʼâhto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitiv
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 55:9–11, Mic 7:1–4, Jer 9:2–6, Ecc 5:8, Jer 20:8, Ezk 2:6, Psa 12:1–2, Mat 10:16