Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsTherefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.
Therefore the law is powerless, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked encompasseth the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentHabakkuk — A prophet in dialogue with God — two complaints, two answers, a psalm. ‘The just shall live by his faith’ — cited three times in the NT.
- Author
- Habakkuk the prophet (1:1)
- Date
- Late 7th c. BC, shortly before the Babylonian rise to dominance