Habakkuk 1:3

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Why do you make me see evil-doing, and why are my eyes fixed on wrong? for wasting and violent acts are before me: and there is fighting and bitter argument.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Wherefore hast thou shewn me troubles and griefs to look upon, misery and ungodliness? judgment is before me, and the judge receives a reward.

Darby Translation ☆

Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity, and lookest thou upon grievance? For spoiling and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Why hast thou shewn me iniquity and grievance, to see rapine and injustice before me? and there is a judgment, but opposition is more powerful.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Why doest thou shewe mee iniquitie, and cause me to beholde sorowe? for spoyling, and violence are before me: and there are that rayse vp strife and contention.

Noyes Bible ☆

Why dost thou suffer me to see iniquity, And why dost thou look upon wickedness? For spoiling and violence are before me; There is contention, and strife exalteth itself.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Why wilt thou let me see wickedness, and wilt look on trouble, and the robbery and violence [that are] before me: while there is strife, and contention lifteth up [its head]?

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Why dost Thou show me iniquity, and beholdest mischief? And why are spoiling and violence before me? so that there is strife, and contention ariseth.

King James Version ☆

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Therefore have you shown me troubles and griefs to look upon, misery and ungodliness? judgment is before me, and the judge receives a reward.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Therefore have you shown me troubles and griefs to look upon, misery and ungodliness? judgement is before me, and the judge receives a reward.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.

Webster Bible ☆

Why dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for devastation and violence are before me: and there are that raise strife and contention.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth) ☆

Why do you make me look upon wickedness and behold trouble? Destruction and violence are before my eyes, and fighting and quarrelling.

Open English Bible (US) ☆

Why do you make me look upon wickedness and behold trouble? Destruction and violence are before my eyes, and fighting and quarrelling.

Revised Version ☆

Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there is strife, and contention riseth up.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Wherefore hast thou shown me troubles and griefs to look upon, misery and ungodliness? judgment is before me, and the judge receives a reward.

World English Bible ☆

Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence [are] before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift [itself] up,

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Why dost Thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold trouble? For plundering and chamas are before me; and there are those that raise up strife and contention.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

لِمَ تُرِينِي إِثْمًا، وَتُبْصِرُ جَوْرًا؟ وَقُدَّامِي ٱغْتِصَابٌ وَظُلْمٌ وَيَحْدُثُ خِصَامٌ وَتَرْفَعُ ٱلْمُخَاصَمَةُ نَفْسَهَا.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ကိုယ်​တော်​ရှင်​သည်​အ​ဘယ်​ကြောင့်​ကျွန်​တော်​မျိုး​အား ဤ​သို့​သော​ဆင်း​ရဲ​ဒုက္ခ​နှင့်​ဆိုး​ညစ်​မှု​ကို​ကြုံ​တွေ့​စေ​တော်​မူ​ပါ​သ​နည်း။ ကျွန်​တော်​မျိုး​သည်​အ​ကြမ်း​ဖက်​မှု၊ လု​ယက်​ဖျက်​ဆီး​မှု​တို့​နှင့်​ရင်​ဆိုင်​၍​နေ​ရ​ပါ​၏။ နေ​ရာ​တ​ကာ​တွင်​ခိုက်​ရန်​ဖြစ်​ပွား​မှု၊ ငြင်း​ခုံ​မှု​များ​ကို​လည်း​တွေ့​မြင်​ရ​ပါ​၏။-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

မတရား သောအမှုကို အကျွန်ုပ် အား အဘယ်ကြောင့် ပြ တော်မူသနည်း။ အဓမ္မ အမှုကို အဘယ်ကြောင့် မြင် စေတော်မူသနည်း။ လုယူ ခြင်း၊ အနိုင် အထက်ပြုခြင်း အမှုသည် အကျွန်ုပ် ရှေ့ မှာ အဘယ်ကြောင့်ရှိရပါသနည်း။ ငြင်းခုံ ခြင်း၊ ရန်တွေ့ ခြင်းကိုလည်း အဘယ်ကြောင့် လူချင်းပြု ရပါသနည်း။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Tih hanah kahoih ai hmuen to nang patuek moe, raihaih to nang hnuksak loe? Lomhaih hoi raihaih ka hma ah oh moe, lokpunghaih hoi angzoehhaih to pop.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Balae tih kai he boethae he nan hmuh sak tih ka hmai ah thakthaenah, rhoelrhanah neh kuthlahnah he nan paelki sak. Te dongah tuituknah om tih olpungkacan khaw puek coeng.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Balae tih kai he boethae he nan hmuh sak tih ka hmai ah thakthaenah, rhoelrhanah neh kuthlahnah he nan paelki sak. Te dongah tuituknah om tih olpungkacan khaw puek coeng.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

你为何使我看见罪孽？ 你为何看着奸恶 而不理呢？ 毁灭和强暴在我面前， 又起了争端和相斗的事。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

你為何使我看見罪孽？ 你為何看着奸惡 而不理呢？ 毀滅和強暴在我面前， 又起了爭端和相鬥的事。

World Chinese Bible ☆

你为什么使我看见罪孽，又眼看乖谬？因为毁灭和暴力就在我面前；争端发生，纷争兴起。

Croatian Bible ☆

Zašto mi nepravdu iznosiš pred oči, zašto gledaš ugnjetavanje? Pljačka je i nasilje preda mnom. Raspra je, razmirica bjesni!

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Proč dopouštíš, abych hleděti musil na nepravost, a na bezpráví se dívati, též na zhoubu a na nátisk proti mně? A vždy jest, kdož svár a různici vzbuzuje.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Hvi lader du mig skue Uret, være Vidne til Kvide? Ødelæggelse og Vold har jeg for Øje, der opstod Kiv, og Strid kom op.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Waarom laat Gij mij ongerechtigheid zien, en aanschouwt de kwelling? Want verwoesting en geweld is tegen mij over, en er is twist, en men neemt gekijf op.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Waarom laat Gij mij slechtheid zien, En moet ik onheil aanschouwen, Heb ik geweld en verdrukking voor ogen, Zijn twist en tweedracht ontbrand?

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kial Vi devigas min vidi maljustaĵon, rigardi mizeraĵon? Rabado kaj perfortado estas antaŭ mi, leviĝas disputoj kaj malpaco.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Pourquoi me fais-tu voir l’iniquité, et contemples-tu l’oppression ? La dévastation et la violence sont devant moi, et il y a contestation, et la discorde s’élève.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Pourquoi me fais-tu voir l'iniquité, et regardes-tu la perversité? L'oppression et la violence sont devant moi; il y a des querelles, et la discorde s'élève.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Pourquoi me fais-tu voir l’iniquité, Et contemples-tu l’injustice? Pourquoi l’oppression et la violence sont-elles devant moi? Il y a des querelles, et la discorde s’élève.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Pourquoi me fais-tu voir l'iniquité et regardes-tu la perversité sans intervenir ? Car la destruction et la violence sont devant moi. La querelle éclate, et la discorde s'élève.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Warum läßt du mich Unheil sehen, und schaust Mühsal an? Und Verwüstung und Gewalttat sind vor mir, und Streit entsteht, und Hader erhebt sich.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Warum lässest du mich Mühsal sehen und siehest dem Jammer zu? Raub und Frevel sind vor mir. Es geht Gewalt über Recht.

German Textbibel ☆

Warum lässest du mich Unheil erleben und siehst Unbill mit an? Verwüstung und Gewaltthat sind vor meinen Augen; daher ist Streit entstanden, und immer aufs Neue hebt Zwietracht an.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Warum lässest du mich Elend sehen und schaust dem Jammer zu? Gewalttat und Frevel werden vor meinen Augen begangen, es entsteht Hader, und Streit erhebt sich.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἱνατί ἔδειξάς μοι κόπους καὶ πόνους, ἐπιβλέπειν ταλαιπωρίαν καὶ ἀσέβειαν; ἐξεναντίας μου γέγονε κρίσις, καὶ ὁ κριτὴς λαμβάνει.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἱνατί ἔδειξάς μοι κόπους καὶ πόνους ἐπιβλέπειν, ταλαιπωρίαν καὶ ἀσέβειαν; ἐξεναντίας μου γέγονε κρίσις, καὶ ὁ κριτὴς λαμβάνει·

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Poukisa w'ap fè m' wè tout mechanste sa yo? Ki jan ou ka rete kanpe konsa ap gade tout lenjistis sa yo? Se piyay ak mechanste ase ki devan je m'! Toupatou se goumen, se kont.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

No keaha la, kou hoike ana mai ia'u i ke kaumaha, a me ka ehaeha? Aia no ka hana ino, a me ka hooluhi imua o'u; A ala mai ka hakaka a me ka paio.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

לָ֣מָּה תַרְאֵ֤נִי אָ֙וֶן֙ וְעָמָ֣ל תַּבִּ֔יט וְשֹׁ֥ד וְחָמָ֖ס לְנֶגְדִּ֑י וַיְהִ֧י רִ֦יב וּמָדֹ֖ון יִשָּֽׂא׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

למה תראני און ועמל תביט ושד וחמס לנגדי ויהי ריב ומדון ישא׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Perchè mi fai tu veder l'iniquità, e mi fai spettatore della perversità? e perchè vi è davanti a me rapina, e violenza? e vi è chi muove lite, e contesa?

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Perché mi fai veder l’iniquità, e tolleri lo spettacolo della perversità? e perché mi stanno dinanzi la rapina e la violenza? Vi son liti, e sorge la discordia.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

なぜ私に不義を見せ、よこしまを黙って見ておられるのか。破壊と暴虐が私の前にあり、争いが起こり、いさかいが湧き上がる。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

어찌하여 나로 간악을 보게 하시며 패역을 목도하게 하시나이까 ? 대저 겁탈과 강포가 내 앞에 있고 변론과 분쟁이 일어났나이다

Kosraean Bible ☆

Efu ku kom oru ngan liye kain in mwe lokoalok inge? Efu ku kom ku in muteng kain orekma sufal inge? Mwe kunausla ac mwe keok rauniyuyak, ac oasr amei ac anwuk orek yen nukewa.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Quare ostendisti mihi iniquitatem et laborem, videre prædam et injustitiam contra me? Et factum est judicium, et contradictio potentior.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

چرا بی‌انصافی رابه من نشان می‌دهی و بر ستم نظر می‌نمایی وغضب و ظلم پیش روی من می‌باشد؟ منازعه پدید می‌آید و مخاصمت سر خود را بلندمی کند.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Por que me mostras a iniquidade e ficas olhando para a perversidade? Pois a destruição e a violência estão diante de mim. Há contenda, e o litígio se levanta.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Por que me fazes ver a injustiça, e vês a opressão? Pois assolação e violência estão em frente de mim, há brigas, e disputas se levantam.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

De ce îmi arăți nelegiuire și mă faci să privesc apăsare? Căci înaintea mea sunt jefuire și violență și cei care ridică ceartă și discordie.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Пентру че мэ лашь сэ вэд нелеӂюиря ши Те уйць ла недрептате? Асуприря ши силничия се фак суб окий мей, се наск чертурь ши се стырнеште гылчавэ.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Для чего даешь мне видеть злодейство и смотреть на бедствия? Грабительство и насилие предо мною, и восстает вражда, и поднимается раздор.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Zašto puštaš da vidim bezakonje, i da gledam muku i grabež i nasilje pred sobom, i kako podižu svađu i raspru?

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Зашто пушташ да видим безакоње, и да гледам муку и грабеж и насиље пред собом, и како подижу свађу и распру?

Mashi Bible ☆

Carhuma wanyêreka obulyâlya, ogal’ilolêreza obubisha? Ntacidwîrhi nabona oburhali buhagwe n’akamene. Ekola ntambala n’enongwe byône bigandâzize.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

¿Por qué me haces ver iniquidad, y haces que mire molestia, y saco y violencia delante de mí, habiendo además quien levante pleito y contienda?

Spanish BLL ☆

¿Por qué me obligas a ver la maldad y te quedas mirando el sufrimiento? Veo ante mí destrucción y violencia; surge la lucha y se levanta el pleito.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

¿Por qué me haces ver la iniquidad y te quedas mirando el agravio? Pues la destrucción y la violencia están ante mí; hay contienda y se levanta la discordia.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

¿Por qué me haces ver maldad, y por qué me haces ver la opresión? porque la destrucción y los actos violentos están delante de mí; hay peleas y argumentos amargos.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

¿Por qué me muestras iniquidad y haces que mire la perversidad? Destrucción y violencia hay delante de mí, y surge lucha y contención.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko e hā ʻoku ke fakahā ai kiate au ʻae angahala, pea pule ke u mamata ki he mamahi? He ʻoku ʻi hoku ʻao ʻae maumau mo e fakamālohi: pea ʻoku ai ʻaia ʻoku fakatupu ʻae fekeʻikeʻi, mo e fakakikihi.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Про що даєш бачити менї кривду, й дивитись на нужду? Рабунок і насильство перед очима в мене; родиться що-раз більше ворогуваннє, підіймається незгода.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Про що даєш бачити менї кривду, й дивитись на нужду? Рабунок і насильство перед очима в мене; родиться що-раз більше ворогуваннє, підіймається незгода.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Nhân sao Chúa khiến tôi thấy sự gian ác, và Ngài nhìn xem sự ngang trái? Sự tàn hại bạo ngược ở trước mặt tôi; sự tranh đấu cãi lẫy dấy lên.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

לָ֣מָּה תַרְאֵ֤נִי אָ֨וֶן֙ וְעָמָ֣ל תַּבִּ֔יט וְשֹׁ֥ד וְחָמָ֖ס לְנֶגְדִּ֑י וַיְהִ֧י רִ֦יב וּמָד֖וֹן יִשָּֽׂא׃