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Habakkuk 1:13

NETBible	You are too just¹ to tolerate² evil; you are unable to condone³ wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people?⁴ Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour⁵ those more righteous than they are?⁶
NIV © biblegateway Hab 1:13	Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
NASB © biblegateway Hab 1:13	Your eyes are too pure to approve evil, And You can not look on wickedness with favor. Why do You look with favor On those who deal treacherously? Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up Those more righteous than they?
NLT © biblegateway Hab 1:13	You are perfectly just in this. But will you, who cannot allow sin in any form, stand idly by while they swallow us up? Should you be silent while the wicked destroy people who are more righteous than they?
MSG © biblegateway Hab 1:13	But you can't be serious! [You] can't condone evil! So why don't you do something about this? Why are you silent [now]? This outrage! Evil men swallow up the righteous and you stand around and [watch]!
BBE © SABDAweb Hab 1:13	Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?
NRSV © bibleoremus Hab 1:13	Your eyes are too pure to behold evil, and you cannot look on wrongdoing; why do you look on the treacherous, and are silent when the wicked swallow those more righteous than they?
NKJV © biblegateway Hab 1:13	You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, And cannot look on wickedness. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously, And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours A person more righteous than he?
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KJV	[Thou art] of purer <02889> eyes <05869> than to behold <07200> (8800) evil <07451>_, and canst <03201> (8799) not look <05027> (8687) on iniquity <05999>_: wherefore lookest <05027> (8686) thou upon them that deal treacherously <0898> (8802)_, [and] holdest thy tongue <02790> (8686) when the wicked <07563> devoureth <01104> (8763) [the man that is] more righteous <06662> than he? {iniquity: or, grievance}
NASB © biblegateway Hab 1:13	Your eyes <05869> are too <04480> pure <02889> to approve <07200> evil <07451> , And You can <03201> not look <05027> on wickedness <05999> with favor. Why <04100> do You look <05027> with favor On those who deal <0898> treacherously <0898> ? Why are You silent <02790> when the wicked <07563> swallow <01104> up Those more <04480> righteous <06662> than <04480> they?
LXXM	kayarov <2513> A-NSM ofyalmov <3788> N-NSM tou <3588> T-GSM mh <3165> ADV oran <3708> V-PAN ponhra <4190> A-APN kai <2532> CONJ epiblepein <1914> V-PAN epi <1909> PREP ponouv <4192> N-APM ou <3364> ADV dunhsh <1410> V-FMI-2S ina <2443> CONJ ti <5100> I-ASN epiblepeiv <1914> V-PAI-2S epi <1909> PREP katafronountav <2706> V-PAPAP parasiwphsh {V-FMI-2S} en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSN katapinein <2666> V-PAN asebh <765> A-ASM ton <3588> T-ASM dikaion <1342> A-ASM
NET [draft] ITL	You are too just <05869> <02890> to tolerate <07200> evil <07451> ; you are unable <03201> <03808> to <0413> condone <05027> wrongdoing <05999> . So why <04100> do you put up <05027> with such treacherous people <0898> ? Why do you say nothing <02790> when the wicked <07563> devour <01104> those more righteous <06662> than <04480> they are?
HEBREW	wnmm <04480> qydu <06662> esr <07563> elbb <01104> syrxt <02790> Mydgwb <0898> jybt <05027> hml <04100> lkwt <03201> al <03808> lme <05999> la <0413> jybhw <05027> er <07451> twarm <07200> Mynye <05869> rwhj (1:13) <02890>

NETBible

You are too just¹ to tolerate² evil; you are unable to condone³ wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people?⁴ Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour⁵ those more righteous than they are?⁶

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “[you] are too pure of eyes.” God’s “eyes” here signify what he looks at with approval. His “eyes” are “pure” in that he refuses to tolerate any wrongdoing in his presence.

²tn Heb “to see.” Here “see” is figurative for “tolerate,” “put up with.”

³tn Heb “to look at.” Cf. NEB “who canst not countenance wrongdoing”; NASB “You can not look on wickedness with favor.”

⁴tn Heb “Why do you look at treacherous ones?” The verb בָּגַד (bagad, “be treacherous”) is often used of those who are disloyal or who violate agreements. See S. Erlandsson, TDOT 1:470-73.

⁵tn Or “swallow up.”

⁶tn Heb “more innocent than themselves.”