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Habakkuk 1:6

NETBible	Look, I am about to empower¹ the Babylonians, that ruthless² and greedy³ nation. They sweep across the surface⁴ of the earth, seizing dwelling places that do not belong to them.
NIV © biblegateway Hab 1:6	I am raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwelling-places not their own.
NASB © biblegateway Hab 1:6	"For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans, That fierce and impetuous people Who march throughout the earth To seize dwelling places which are not theirs.
NLT © biblegateway Hab 1:6	I am raising up the Babylonians to be a new power on the world scene. They are a cruel and violent nation who will march across the world and conquer it.
MSG © biblegateway Hab 1:6	I'm about to raise up Babylonians to punish you, Babylonians, fierce and ferocious--World-conquering Babylon, grabbing up nations right and left,
BBE © SABDAweb Hab 1:6	For see, I am sending the Chaldaeans, that bitter and quick-moving nation; who go through the wide spaces of the earth to get for themselves living-places which are not theirs.
NRSV © bibleoremus Hab 1:6	For I am rousing the Chaldeans, that fierce and impetuous nation, who march through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
NKJV © biblegateway Hab 1:6	For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, A bitter and hasty nation Which marches through the breadth of the earth, To possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
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KJV	For, lo, I raise up <06965> (8688) the Chaldeans <03778>_, [that] bitter <04751> and hasty <04116> (8737) nation <01471>_, which shall march <01980> (8802) through the breadth <04800> of the land <0776>_, to possess <03423> (8800) the dwellingplaces <04908> [that are] not theirs. {breadth: Heb. breadths}
NASB © biblegateway Hab 1:6	"For behold <02009> , I am raising <06965> up the Chaldeans <03778> , That fierce <04751> and impetuous <04116> people <01471> Who march <01980> throughout <04800> the earth <0776> To seize <03423> dwelling <04908> places <04908> which are not theirs.
LXXM	dioti <1360> CONJ idou <2400> INJ egw <1473> P-NS exegeirw <1825> V-PAI-1S ef <1909> PREP umav <4771> P-AP touv <3588> T-APM caldaiouv <5466> N-APM touv <3588> T-APM machtav {N-APM} to <3588> T-ASN eynov <1484> N-ASN to <3588> T-ASN pikron <4089> A-ASM kai <2532> CONJ to <3588> T-ASN tacinon <5031> A-ASN to <3588> T-ASN poreuomenon <4198> V-PMPAS epi <1909> PREP ta <3588> T-APN plath <4114> N-APN thv <3588> T-GSF ghv <1065> N-GSF tou <3588> T-GSN kataklhronomhsai {V-AAN} skhnwmata <4638> N-APN ouk <3364> ADV autou <846> D-GSN
NET [draft] ITL	Look <02005> , I am about to empower <06965> the Babylonians <03778> , that ruthless <04751> and greedy <04116> nation <01471> . They sweep across <01980> the surface <04800> of the earth <0776> , seizing <03423> dwelling places <04908> that do not <03808> belong to them.
HEBREW	wl <0> al <03808> twnksm <04908> tsrl <03423> Ura <0776> ybxrml <04800> Klwhh <01980> rhmnhw <04116> rmh <04751> ywgh <01471> Mydvkh <03778> ta <0853> Myqm <06965> ynnh <02005> yk (1:6) <03588>

NETBible

Look, I am about to empower¹ the Babylonians, that ruthless² and greedy³ nation. They sweep across the surface⁴ of the earth, seizing dwelling places that do not belong to them.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “raise up” (so KJV, ASV).

²tn Heb “bitter.” Other translation options for this word in this context include “fierce” (NASB, NRSV); “savage” (NEB); or “grim.”

³tn Heb “hasty, quick.” Some translate here “impetuous” (so NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or “rash,” but in this context greed may very well be the idea. The Babylonians move quickly and recklessly ahead in their greedy quest to expand their empire.

⁴tn Heb “the open spaces.”