Habakkuk 1:4
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.Habakkuk 1:4 in the real world
In what words
- עָקַלʻâqalto wrest
- פּוּגpûwgto be sluggish
- כָּתַרkâtharto enclose; hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege; also to w
- נֶצַחnetsachproperly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at adistance travelled towards; hence (figurative
- תּוֹרָהtôwrâha precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
- צַדִּיקtsaddîyqjust
- רָשָׁעrâshâʻmorally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭproperly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentenc
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 94:20–21, Psa 119:126, Job 21:7, Isa 1:21–23, Jer 12:1, Ezk 9:9, Isa 59:13–15, Isa 5:20