Habakkuk

Habakkuk 1:12–17

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?

14You have made men like the fish of the sea,

like creeping things that have no ruler.

15The foe pulls all of them upd with a hook;

he catches them in his dragnet,

and gathers them in his fishing net;

so he rejoices gladly.

16Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet

and burns incense to his fishing net,

for by these things his portion is sumptuous

and his food is rich.

17Will he, therefore, empty his net

and continue to slay nations without mercy?

Footnotes

  • d 1:15 Literally He pulls all of them up

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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

Habakkuk 1:14

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
You have madeוַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥הwat·ta·‘ă·śehConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singularH6213 do, make
menאָדָ֖ם’ā·ḏāmNoun - masculine singularH120 man, mankind
like the fishכִּדְגֵ֣יkiḏ·ḡêPreposition-k; Noun - masculine plural constructH1709 fish
of the seaהַיָּ֑םhay·yāmArticle; Noun - masculine singularH3220 sea
like creeping thingsכְּרֶ֖מֶשׂkə·re·meśPreposition-k; Noun - masculine singularH7431 creeping things, moving things
noלֹא־lō-Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
rulerמֹשֵׁ֥לmō·šêlVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularH4910 rule, have dominion, reign

Habakkuk 1:15

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
pulls all of themכֻּלֹּה֙kul·lōhNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH3605 the whole, all
upהֵֽעֲלָ֔הhê·‘ă·lāhVerb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singularH5927 go up, ascend, climb
with a hookבְּחַכָּ֣הbə·ḥak·kāhPreposition-b; Noun - feminine singularH2443 hook
he catches themיְגֹרֵ֣הוּyə·ḡō·rê·hūVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singularH1641 drag, drag away
in his dragnetבְחֶרְמ֔וֹḇə·ḥer·mōwPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH2764 devoted thing
and gathers themוְיַאַסְפֵ֖הוּwə·ya·’as·p̄ê·hūConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singularH622 gather, remove
in his fishing netבְּמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹbə·miḵ·mar·tōwPreposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singularH4365 net, fishing-net
soעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
he rejoices gladlyיִשְׂמַ֥חyiś·maḥVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH8055 rejoice, be glad

Habakkuk 1:16

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Thereforeעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
he sacrificesיְזַבֵּ֣חַyə·zab·bê·aḥVerb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH2076 slaughter for sacrifice
to his dragnetלְחֶרְמ֔וֹlə·ḥer·mōwPreposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH2764 devoted thing
and burns incenseוִֽיקַטֵּ֖רwî·qaṭ·ṭêrConjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singularH6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke
to his fishing netלְמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹlə·miḵ·mar·tōwPreposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singularH4365 net, fishing-net
forכִּ֤יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
by these thingsבָהֵ֙מָּה֙ḇā·hêm·māhPreposition-b; Pronoun - third person masculine plural
his portionחֶלְק֔וֹḥel·qōwNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH2506 portion, tract, territory
is sumptuousשָׁמֵ֣ןšā·mênAdjective - masculine singularH8082 fat, robust
and his foodוּמַאֲכָל֖וֹū·ma·’ă·ḵā·lōwConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH3978 food
is richבְּרִאָֽה׃bə·ri·’āhAdjective - feminine singularH1277 fat

Habakkuk 1:17

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Will heהַ֥עַלha·‘alPrepositionH5921 height
thereforeכֵּ֖ןkênAdverbH3651 right, veritable, honest
emptyיָרִ֣יקyā·rîqVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH7324 make empty, empty out
his netחֶרְמ֑וֹḥer·mōwNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH2764 devoted thing
and continueוְתָמִ֛ידwə·ṯā·mîḏConjunctive waw; AdverbH8548 continuity
to slayלַהֲרֹ֥גla·hă·rōḡPreposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructH2026 kill, slay
nationsגּוֹיִ֖םgō·w·yimNoun - masculine pluralH1471 nation, people
withoutלֹ֥אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
mercyיַחְמֽוֹל׃סyaḥ·mō·wlVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH2550 spare

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

Habakkuk 1:15 Jeremiah 16:16 · Amos 4:2 · Psalm 10:9 · John 21:6–11

Habakkuk 1:16 Daniel 4:30 · Habakkuk 1:11 · Deuteronomy 8:17 · Ezekiel 28:3 · Isaiah 37:24 · Isaiah 10:13–15 · Ezekiel 29:3 · Daniel 5:23

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.