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The most popular Bible verses from Habakkuk 1

Found 17 Verses

Habakkuk 1:2

Bible Rank: 1,856
How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save? NIV
O Lord, how long shall I cry for help and You will not hear? Or cry out to You of violence and You will not save? AMP
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! KJV

Habakkuk 1:3

Bible Rank: 2,938
Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. NIV
Why do You show me iniquity and wrong, and Yourself look upon or cause me to see perverseness and trouble? For destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention arises. AMP
Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. KJV

Habakkuk 1:4

Bible Rank: 3,461
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted. NIV
Therefore the law is slackened and justice and a righteous sentence never go forth, for the [hostility of the] wicked surrounds the [uncompromisingly] righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted. AMP
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. KJV

Habakkuk 1:6

Bible Rank: 3,970
I am raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwellings not their own. NIV
For behold, I am rousing up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation who march through the breadth of the earth to take possession of dwelling places that do not belong to them. [II Kings 24:2.] AMP
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 their's. KJV

Habakkuk 1:7

Bible Rank: 4,292
They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honor. NIV
[The Chaldeans] are terrible and dreadful; their justice and dignity proceed [only] from themselves. AMP
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. KJV

Habakkuk 1:11

Bible Rank: 4,361
"Then they sweep past like the wind and go on – guilty people, whose own strength is their god." NIV
Then they sweep by like a wind and pass on, and they load themselves with guilt, [as do all men] whose own power is their god. AMP
Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god. KJV

Habakkuk 1:8

Bible Rank: 4,371
Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like a vulture swooping to devour NIV
Their horses also are swifter than leopards and are fiercer than the evening wolves, and their horsemen spread themselves and press on proudly; yes, their horsemen come from afar; they fly like an eagle that hastens to devour. AMP
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. KJV

Habakkuk 1:12

Bible Rank: 4,459
LORD, are you not from everlasting? My God, my Holy One, you will never die. You, LORD, have appointed them to execute judgment; you, my Rock, have ordained them to punish. NIV
Are not You from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O Lord, You have appointed [the Chaldean] to execute [Your] judgment, and You, O Rock, have established him for chastisement and correction. [Deut. 32:4.] AMP
Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. KJV

Habakkuk 1:10

Bible Rank: 4,488
They mock kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities; by building earthen ramps they capture them. NIV
They scoff at kings, and rulers are a derision to them; they ridicule every stronghold, for they heap up dust [for earth mounds] and take it. AMP
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. KJV

Habakkuk 1:14

Bible Rank: 4,539
You have made people like the fish in the sea, like the sea creatures that have no ruler. NIV
Why do You make men like the fish of the sea, like reptiles and creeping things that have no ruler [and are defenseless against their foes]? AMP
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? KJV

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