Habakkuk 1:7
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
Habakkuk 1:7 in other translations
| BSB | They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty. |
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| WEB | They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. |
| ASV | They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. |
| YLT | Terrible and fearful it is, From itself its judgment and its excellency go forth. |
| DARBY | They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. |
| BBE | They are greatly to be feared: their right comes from themselves. |
| Webster | They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed from themselves. |
What does Habakkuk 1:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Habakkuk 1:1-11
The servants of the Lord are deeply afflicted by seeing ungodliness and violence prevail; especially among those who profess the truth. No man scrupled doing wrong to his neighbour. We should long to remove to the world where holiness and love reign for ever, and no violence shall be before us. God has good reasons for his long-suffering towards bad men, and the rebukes of good men. The day will come when the cry of…
Habakkuk 1:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Habakkuk 1:7
- Jeremiah 39:5-9
But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. …
- Jeremiah 52:9-11
Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him. And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
- Isaiah 18:7
In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.
- Deuteronomy 5:27
Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
- Deuteronomy 5:19
Neither shalt thou steal.
- Jeremiah 52:25-27
He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. So Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
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Jer 39:5-9; 52:9-11,25-27; De 5:19,27
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Context
- Habakkuk 1:6
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
- Habakkuk 1:7
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
- Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
Habakkuk 1:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Espantosa es y terrible: de ella misma saldrá su derecho y su grandeza. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Elle est formidable et terrible; son jugement et sa dignité procèdent d’elle-même. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Es ist schrecklich und furchtbar; sein Recht und seine Hoheit gehen von ihm aus. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Horribilis et terribilis est: ex semetipsa judicium et onus ejus egredietur. |