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Habakkuk 1:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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 1:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Habakkuk 1:312 words
HebrewMeaning
לָ֣/מָּהlāmāh
why?pronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תַרְאֵ֤/נִיtarəʾēniy
do you make see meverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אָ֨וֶן֙ʾāwen
wickednessnounH205
evil · false · idol · iniquity ···
וְ/עָמָ֣לwəʿāmāl
and mischiefconjH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
תַּבִּ֔יטtabiyṭ
do you look at?verbH5027
consider · look · regard · have respect ···
וְ/שֹׁ֥דwəšōd
and devastationconjH7701
destruction · oppression · robbery · spoil(-ed ···
וְ/חָמָ֖סwəḥāmās
and violenceconjH2555
damage · false · injustice · oppressor ···
לְ/נֶגְדִּ֑/יlənegədiy
are to before mepronH5048
against · aloof · far · from ···
וַ/יְהִ֧יwayəhiy
and it has beenconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
רִ֦יבriyb
strifenounH7379
adversary · chiding · contend · controversy ···
וּ/מָד֖וֹןwmādwōn
and contentionconjH4066
contention · discord · strife. Compare
יִשָּֽׂאyiśāʾ
it arisesverbH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
Words 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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Priya SharmaNote1mo ago
Understanding grace - Habakkuk 1
What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. Today it speaks comfort; a year ago it spoke conviction. God is faithful in every circumstance. It implies covenant loyalty, steadfast love that never...
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