Habakkuk 1:12
Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.
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ASV
Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction.
KJV
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.
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| הֲל֧וֹא | ha.Lo' | ¿ not | H3808 → |
| אַתָּ֣ה | 'a.Tah | [are] you | H859 → |
| מִקֶּ֗דֶם | mi.Ke.dem | from antiquity | H6924 → |
| יְהוָ֧ה | Yah.weh | O Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהַ֛י | 'e.lo.Hai | God my | H430 → |
| קְדֹשִׁ֖י | ke.do.Shi | holy [one] my | H6918 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| נָמ֑וּת | na.Mut | we will die | H4191 → |
| יְהוָה֙ | Yah.weh | O Yahweh | H3068 → |
| לְמִשְׁפָּ֣ט | le.mish.Pat | to judgment | H4941 → |
| שַׂמְתּ֔וֹ | sam.To | you have appointed it | H7760 → |
| וְצ֖וּר | ve.Tzur | and O rock | H6697 → |
| לְהוֹכִ֥יחַ | le.ho.Khi.ach | to reprove | H3198 → |
| יְסַדְתּֽוֹ׃ | ye.sad.To | you have established it | H3245 → |
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