Habakkuk

Habakkuk 1:12–13

12Are You not from everlasting,

O LORD, my God, my Holy One?

We will not die.

O LORD, You have appointed them

to execute judgment;

O Rock, You have established them

for correction.

13Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil,

and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing.

So why do You tolerate the faithless?

Why are You silent

while the wicked swallow up

those more righteous than themselves?

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Habakkuk 1:12

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Are Youאַתָּ֣ה’at·tāhPronoun - second person masculine singularH859 thou
notהֲל֧וֹאhă·lō·wAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
from everlastingמִקֶּ֗דֶםmiq·qe·ḏemPreposition-m; Noun - masculine singularH6924 front, east, aforetime
O LORDיְהוָ֧הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
my Godאֱלֹהַ֛י’ĕ·lō·hayNoun - masculine plural construct; first person common singularH430 God
my Holy Oneקְדֹשִׁ֖יqə·ḏō·šîAdjective - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH6918 sacred, holy
We will not dieנָמ֑וּתnā·mūṯVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common pluralH4191 die
O LORDיְהוָה֙Yah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
You have appointed themשַׂמְתּ֔וֹśam·tōwVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine singularH7760 put, place, set
to execute judgmentלְמִשְׁפָּ֣טlə·miš·pāṭPreposition-l; Noun - masculine singularH4941 judgment
O Rockוְצ֖וּרwə·ṣūrConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singularH6697 rock, cliff
You have established themיְסַדְתּֽוֹ׃yə·saḏ·tōwVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine singularH3245 establish, found, fix
for correctionלְהוֹכִ֥יחַlə·hō·w·ḵî·aḥPreposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructH3198 decide, adjudge, prove

Habakkuk 1:13

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Your eyesעֵינַ֙יִם֙‘ê·na·yimNoun - cdH5869 eye
are too pureטְה֤וֹרṭə·hō·wrAdjective - masculine singular constructH2890 clean, pure
to look uponמֵרְא֣וֹתmê·rə·’ō·wṯPreposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructH7200 see
evilרָ֔עrā‘Adjective - masculine singularH7451 bad, evil
and You cannotלֹ֣אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
tolerateוְהַבִּ֥יטwə·hab·bîṭConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructH5027 look
wrongdoingעָמָ֖ל‘ā·mālNoun - masculine singularH5999 trouble, labour, toil
So whyלָ֤מָּהlām·māhInterrogativeH4100 what? how? aught
do You tolerateתַבִּיט֙ṯab·bîṭVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singularH5027 look
the faithlessבּֽוֹגְדִ֔יםbō·wḡ·ḏîmVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralH898 act or deal treacherously
Why are You silentתַּחֲרִ֕ישׁta·ḥă·rîšVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singularH2790 cut in, engrave, plough, devise
while the wickedרָשָׁ֖עrā·šā‘Adjective - masculine singularH7563 wicked, criminal
swallow upבְּבַלַּ֥עbə·ḇal·la‘Preposition-b; Verb - Piel - Infinitive constructH1104 swallow down, swallow up, engulf
those more righteousצַדִּ֥יקṣad·dîqAdjective - masculine singularH6662 just, righteous
than themselvesמִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mim·men·nūPreposition; third person masculine singularH4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not

Cross-references

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Habakkuk 1:12 Deuteronomy 32:4 · Psalm 90:2 · Deuteronomy 33:27 · Jeremiah 46:28 · Jeremiah 30:11 · Psalm 93:2 · Amos 9:8–9 · Hebrews 13:8 · Hebrews 12:5–6 · Hebrews 1:10–12 · Ezekiel 30:25 · Lamentations 5:19

Habakkuk 1:13 Psalm 5:4–5 · Psalm 34:15–16 · Jeremiah 12:1–2 · Habakkuk 1:3–4 · Proverbs 31:8–9 · Psalm 10:15 · 2 Samuel 4:11 · Psalm 50:3 · 1 Peter 1:15–16 · Psalm 37:12–15 · 1 Kings 2:32 · Psalm 83:1

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.