Habakkuk 1:2
How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.
KJV
O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
⋯
Commentary
2 voicesVoices on this verse
loading…Original language & word study
11 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| עַד־ | 'ad- | until | H5704 → |
| אָ֧נָה | 'A.nah | when? | H575 → |
| יְהוָ֛ה | Yah.weh | O Yahweh | H3068 → |
| שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי | shi.Va'.ti | have I cried for help | H7768 → |
| וְלֹ֣א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| תִשְׁמָ֑ע | tish.Ma' | you will hear | H8085 → |
| אֶזְעַ֥ק | 'ez.'Ak | I cry out | H2199 → |
| אֵלֶ֛יךָ | 'e.Lei.kha | to you | H413 → |
| חָמָ֖ס | cha.Mas | violence | H2555 → |
| וְלֹ֥א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| תוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ | to.Shi.a' | you save | H3467 → |
The walk
Featured studies on this passage
On Habakkuk 1:2
Habakkuk: the Study Guide
Open the study →
Walks through Habakkuk 1
The Covenants
Six covenants in succession, cumulative rather than replacing. Adamic, Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic, New. Each narrowing the line of promise while widening the scope of fulfillment.
Open the study →
Walks through Habakkuk 1
The Just Shall Live by His Faith — Habakkuk 2:4
Open the study →