Habakkuk

Habakkuk 2:4

⁴Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright^b —

but the righteous will live by faith^c —

Footnotes

b 2:4 LXX If he should draw back, My soul has no pleasure in him
c 2:4 Or faithfulness; cited in Romans 1:17|ROM 1:17, Galatians 3:11, and Hebrews 10:38

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Look at	הִנֵּ֣ה	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
the proud one	עֻפְּלָ֔ה	‘up·pə·lāh	Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H6075 swell
his soul	נַפְשׁ֖וֹ	nap̄·šōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
is not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
upright	יָשְׁרָ֥ה	yā·šə·rāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3474 be smooth, straight, right
but the righteous	וְצַדִּ֖יק	wə·ṣad·dîq	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular	H6662 just, righteous
will live	יִחְיֶֽה׃	yiḥ·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2421 live
by faith	בֶּאֱמוּנָת֥וֹ	be·’ĕ·mū·nā·ṯōw	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H530 firmness, steadfastness, fidelity

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.