Habakkuk 1:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?”

Habakkuk 1:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Habakkuk 1:1317 words

HebrewMeaning

טְה֤וֹרṭəhwōr

you are too pure ofadjH2890

עֵינַ֨יִם֙ʿēynayim

eyesnounH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

מֵ/רְא֣וֹתmērəʾwōt

for seeingpronH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

רָ֔עrāʿ

eviladjH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

וְ/הַבִּ֥יטwəhabiyṭ

and to lookconjH5027

consider · look · regard · have respect ···

אֶלʾel

topronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

עָמָ֖לʿāmāl

mischiefnounH5999

iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

תוּכָ֑לtwkāl

you are ableverbH3201

any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···

לָ֤/מָּהlāmāh

why?pronH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

תַבִּיט֙tabiyṭ

do you look atverbH5027

consider · look · regard · have respect ···

בּֽוֹגְדִ֔יםbwōgədiym

treacherous peopleverbH898

unfaithfully) · offend · transgress · treacherous (dealer ···

תַּחֲרִ֕ישׁtaḥăriyš

are you silent?verbH2790

altogether · conceal · be deaf · devise ···

בְּ/בַלַּ֥עbəbalaʿ

when swallows uppronH1104

destroy · devour · eat up · be at end ···

רָשָׁ֖עrāšāʿ

a wicked personadjH7563

condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong

צַדִּ֥יקṣadiyq

a person righteousadjH6662

lawful · righteous

מִמֶּֽ/נּוּmimenw

more than himpronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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