Habakkuk 2:4
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
Habakkuk 2:4 in other translations
| BSB | Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright— but the righteous will live by faith— |
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| WEB | Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith. |
| ASV | Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith. |
| YLT | Lo, a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him, And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth. |
| DARBY | Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright within him: but the just shall live by his faith. |
| BBE | As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith. |
| Webster | Behold, his soul which is lifted up, is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. |
What does Habakkuk 2:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Habakkuk 2:1-4
When tossed and perplexed with doubts about the methods of Providence, we must watch against temptations to be impatient. When we have poured out complaints and requests before God, we must observe the answers God gives by his word, his Spirit, and providences; what the Lord will say to our case. God will not disappoint the believing expectations of those who wait to hear what he will say unto them. All are…
Habakkuk 2:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Habakkuk 2:4
- Romans 1:17
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
- Hebrews 10:38
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
- Galatians 3:11-12
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
- Galatians 2:16
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
- John 3:36
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
- 1 John 5:10-12
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
- Luke 18:14
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
- Daniel 4:37
Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Daniel 5:20-23
But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
- 1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
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Context
- Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
- Habakkuk 2:4
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
- Habakkuk 2:5
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
Habakkuk 2:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | He aquí se enorgullece aquel cuya alma no es derecha en él: mas el justo en su fe vivirá. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Voici, son âme enflée d’orgueil n’est pas droite en lui; mais le juste vivra par sa foi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Siehe, aufgeblasen, nicht aufrichtig ist in ihm seine Seele. Der Gerechte aber wird durch seinen Glauben leben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ecce qui incredulus est, non erit recta anima ejus in semetipso; justus autem in fide sua vivet. |