Habakkuk 1:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsHabakkuk 1:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
לָ֣מָּה
mâh
H4100
what
תַרְאֵ֤נִי
râʼâh
H7200
to see
אָ֨וֶן֙
ʼâven
H205
trouble
וְעָמָ֣ל
ʻâmâl
H5999
toil
תַּבִּ֔יט
nâbaṭ
H5027
to look
וְשֹׁ֥ד
shôd
H7701
violence
וְחָמָ֖ס
châmâç
H2555
violence
לְנֶגְדִּ֑י
neged
H5048
before
וַיְהִ֧י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
רִ֦יב
rîyb
H7379
strife
וּמָד֖וֹן
mâdôwn
H4066
strife
יִשָּֽׂא
nâsâʼ
H5375
to lift
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Why do you make me see iniquity, and do you behold trouble? And destruction and violence to the front of me, and is strife, and contention arises.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).