Habakkuk 1:4
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
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ASV
Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.
KJV
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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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| עַל־ | 'al- | there- | H5921 → |
| כֵּן֙ | ken | -fore | H3651 → |
| תָּפ֣וּג | ta.Fug | it grows numb | H6313 → |
| תּוֹרָ֔ה | to.Rah | [the] law | H8451 → |
| וְלֹֽא־ | ve.lo'- | and not | H3808 → |
| יֵצֵ֥א | ye.Tze' | it comes forth | H3318 → |
| לָנֶ֖צַח | la.Ne.tzach | to perpetuity | H5331 → |
| מִשְׁפָּ֑ט | mish.Pat | justice | H4941 → |
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| רָשָׁע֙ | ra.Sha' | [the] wicked | H7563 → |
| מַכְתִּ֣יר | makh.Tir | [is] surrounding | H3803 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַצַּדִּ֔יק | ha.tza.Dik | the righteous [person] | H6662 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | there- | H5921 → |
| כֵּ֛ן | ken | -fore | H3651 → |
| יֵצֵ֥א | ye.Tze' | it comes forth | H3318 → |
| מִשְׁפָּ֖ט | mish.Pat | justice | H4941 → |
| מְעֻקָּֽל׃ | me.'u.Kal | perverted | H6127 → |
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