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Habakkuk 1:4

Context

1:4 For this reason the law lacks power, 1 

and justice is never carried out. 2 

Indeed, 3  the wicked intimidate 4  the innocent. 5 

For this reason justice is perverted. 6 

Habakkuk 1:7

Context

1:7 They are frightening and terrifying;

they decide for themselves what is right. 7 

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[1:4]  1 tn Heb “the law is numb,” i.e., like a hand that has “fallen asleep” (see Ps 77:2). Cf. NAB “is benumbed”; NIV “is paralyzed.”

[1:4]  2 tn Heb “never goes out.”

[1:4]  3 tn Or “for.”

[1:4]  4 tn Heb “surround” (so NASB, NRSV).

[1:4]  5 tn Or “righteous” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[1:4]  6 tn Heb “comes out crooked.”

[1:7]  7 tn Heb “from him his justice, even his lifting up, goes out.” In this context שְׂאֵת (sÿet) probably has the nuance “authority.” See R. D. Patterson, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah (WEC), 150.



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