Habakkuk 1:4

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

Bible in Basic English ☆

For this reason the law is feeble and decisions are not effected: for the upright man is circled round by evil-doers; because of which right is twisted.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Therefore the law is frustrated, and judgment proceeds not effectually, for the ungodly man prevails over the just; therefore perverse judgment will proceed.

Darby Translation ☆

Therefore the law is powerless, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked encompasseth the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Therefore the law is torn in pieces, and judgment cometh not to the end: because the wicked prevaileth against the just, therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Therefore the Lawe is dissolued, and iudgement doeth neuer go forth: for the wicked doeth compasse about the righteous: therefore wrong iudgement proceedeth.

Noyes Bible ☆

Therefore the law faileth, And judgment is not pronounced according to truth; For the wicked encompasseth the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment is pronounced.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Therefore is the law powerless, and justice cometh not forth victorious; for the wicked encompasseth about the righteous; therefore doth justice come forth perverted.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Therefore the law is slacked, and right doth never go forth; for the wicked doth beset the righteous; therefore right goeth forth perverted.

King James Version ☆

Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: For the wicked doth compass about the righteous; Therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Therefore the law is frustrated, and judgment proceeds not effectually, for the ungodly man prevails over the just; therefore perverse judgment will proceed.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Therefore the law is frustrated, and judgement proceeds not effectually, for the ungodly man prevails over the just; therefore perverse judgement will proceed.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

Webster Bible ☆

Therefore the law is slackened, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth encompass the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth) ☆

Therefore the law is weak, and justice is never rendered; for the wicked surround the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

Open English Bible (US) ☆

Therefore the law is weak, and justice is never rendered; for the wicked surround the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

Revised Version ☆

Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Therefore the law is frustrated, and judgment proceeds not effectually, for the ungodly man prevails over the just; therefore perverse judgment will proceed.

World English Bible ☆

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Therefore the law is paralysed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Therefore the law is paralysed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Therefore the law is paralysed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.

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

Therefore the torah is slacked, and mishpat (judgment) doth never prevail; for the rasha doth hem in the tzadik; therefore mishpat (justice) proceedeth perverted.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

لِذَلِكَ جَمَدَتِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةُ وَلَا يَخْرُجُ ٱلْحُكْمُ بَتَّةً، لِأَنَّ ٱلشِّرِّيرَ يُحِيطُ بِٱلصِّدِّيقِ، فَلِذَلِكَ يَخْرُجُ ٱلْحُكْمُ مُعْوَجًّا.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

တ​ရား​ဥ​ပ​ဒေ​သည်​ပျော့​ညံ့​၍​အ​သုံး​မ​ဝင်​သ​ဖြင့် အ​ဘယ်​အ​ခါ​၌​တ​ရား​သ​ဖြင့်​စီ​ရင်​ဆုံး​ဖြတ်​မှု​မ​ပြု​နိုင်​ကြ​ပါ။ သူ​ယုတ်​မာ​တို့​သည်​သူ​တော်​ကောင်း​များ​ကို​အ​နိုင်​ရ​ကြ​သည်​ဖြစ်​၍ တ​ရား​စီ​ရင်​မှု​သည်​အ​မှောက်​မှောက်​အ​မှား​မှား​ဖြစ်​လျက်​ရှိ​ပါ​တော့​၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

သို့ဖြစ်၍ တရား လျော့ ပါ၏။ တရား သဖြင့် စီရင် ဆုံးဖြတ်ခြင်းမ ရှိ ပါ။ မ တရားသောသူတို့ သည် ဖြောင့်မတ် သောသူတို့ကို ဝိုင်း သောကြောင့် ၊ မ တရားသဖြင့် စီရင် ဆုံးဖြတ်ကြပါ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

To pongah ukhaih daan loe thazok boeh, toenghaih doeh hmabang caeh thai ai boeh: kasae kami mah katoeng kami to ven khoep pongah, amsoem ai lokcaekhaih to hmacawn lat boeh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Te dongah olkhueng he dap tih tiktamnah he a yoeyah la cet pawh. Halang loh a dueng te a dum dongah laitloeknah he a haeh la cet.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Te dongah olkhueng he dap tih tiktamnah he a yoeyah la cet pawh. Halang loh a dueng te a dum dongah laitloeknah he a haeh la cet.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

因此律法放松， 公理也不显明； 恶人围困义人， 所以公理显然颠倒。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

因此律法放鬆， 公理也不顯明； 惡人圍困義人， 所以公理顯然顛倒。

World Chinese Bible ☆

因此律法瘫痪，公正从不能伸张；因为恶人围困义人，所以公正被扭曲地施行。

Croatian Bible ☆

Zakon je izgubio snagu, a pravda se ni načas ne pomalja. Da, zlikovac progoni pravednika, pravo je stoga izopačeno.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Odkudž se děje opuštění zákona, a nedochází nikdá soud. Nebo bezbožný obkličuje spravedlivého, pročež vychází soud převrácený.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Derfor ligger Loven lammet, og Ret kommer aldrig frem. Thi når gudløse trænger retfærdige, fremkommer krøget Ret.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Daarom wordt de wet onderlaten, en het recht komt nimmermeer voort; want de goddeloze omringt den rechtvaardige; daarom komt het recht verdraaid voor.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

De Wet ligt verkracht, Het Recht wordt verstikt: Want de goddeloze houdt den vrome gevangen, Het recht wordt geschonden!

Esperanto Bible ☆

Tial la instruo perdis sian forton, la justeco neniam venkas; ĉar la malvirtulo superfortas la virtulon, tial la rezultoj de juĝo estas malĝustaj.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

C’est pourquoi la loi reste impuissante, et le juste jugement ne vient jamais au jour ; car le méchant cerne le juste ; c’est pourquoi le jugement sort perverti.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Aussi la loi est impuissante, et le jugement n'est jamais rendu selon la vérité; le méchant environne le juste, c'est pourquoi l'on rend des jugements iniques.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Aussi la loi n’a point de vie, La justice n’a point de force; Car le méchant triomphe du juste, Et l’on rend des jugements iniques.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

C'est pourquoi la loi est paralysée et la justice ne triomphe jamais ; car le méchant encercle le juste ; c'est pourquoi la justice en ressort faussée.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Darum wird das Gesetz kraftlos, und das Recht kommt nimmermehr hervor; denn der Gesetzlose umzingelt den Gerechten: darum kommt das Recht verdreht hervor.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Darum ist das Gesetz ohnmächtig, und keine rechte Sache kann gewinnen. Denn der Gottlose übervorteilt den Gerechten; darum ergehen verkehrte Urteile.

German Textbibel ☆

So kommt es, daß das Gesetz erlahmt, und das Recht niemals mehr ans Licht tritt. Denn die Gottlosen umgarnen die Frommen; darum tritt das Recht verdreht ans Licht.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Darum erlahmt das Gesetz, und das Recht bricht nimmermehr durch; denn der Gottlose umringt den Gerechten; darum kommt das Urteil verkehrt heraus!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

διὰ τοῦτο διεσκέδασται νόμος, καὶ οὐ διεξάγεται εἰς τέλος κρίμα, ὅτι ὁ ἀσεβὴς καταδυναστεύει τὸν δίκαιον· ἕνεκεν τούτου ἐξελεύσεται τὸ κρίμα διεστραμμένον.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Διατοῦτο διεσκέδασται νόμος, καὶ οὐ διεξάγεται εἰς τέλος κρίμα, ὅτι ἀσεβὴς καταδυναστεύει τὸν δίκαιον, ἕνεκεν τούτου ἐξελεύσεται τὸ κρίμα διεστραμμένον.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Lalwa a la, li pa sèvi anyen. Ou pa ka jwenn jistis. Mechan yo ap kraze moun k'ap mache dwat. Lajistis devan dèyè.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

No ia mea, ua nawaliwali ke kanawai, aole e hele aku ka hoopono ana me ka oiaio; Aka, o ka mea hewa ke hoopuni i ka mea pono; Nolaila, ua hookahuliia ka pono.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

עַל־כֵּן֙ תָּפ֣וּג תֹּורָ֔ה וְלֹֽא־יֵצֵ֥א לָנֶ֖צַח מִשְׁפָּ֑ט כִּ֤י רָשָׁע֙ מַכְתִּ֣יר אֶת־הַצַּדִּ֔יק עַל־כֵּ֛ן יֵצֵ֥א מִשְׁפָּ֖ט מְעֻקָּֽל׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

על כן תפוג תורה ולא יצא לנצח משפט כי רשע מכתיר את הצדיק על כן יצא משפט מעקל׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Perciò, la legge è indebolita, e il giudicio non esce giammai fuori; perciocchè l'empio intornia il giusto ; perciò esce il giudicio tutto storto.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Perciò la legge è senza forza e il diritto non fa strada, perché l’empio aggira il giusto, e il diritto n’esce pervertito.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

それゆえ、律法は力を失い、公正は決して行き渡らない。悪者が義人を取り囲み、公正はねじ曲げられる。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

이러므로 율법이 해이하고 공의가 아주 시행되지 못하오니 이는 악인이 의인을 에워쌌으므로 공의가 굽게 행함이니이다

Kosraean Bible ☆

Ma sap uh munasla ac wanginla sripa, ac nununku suwohs tiana orek. Mwet koluk uh kutangla mwet wo, ouinge nununku suwohs ikilyukelik.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Propter hoc lacerata est lex, et non pervenit usque ad finem judicium; quia impius prævalet adversus justum, propterea egreditur judicium perversum.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

از این سبب، شریعت سست شده است و عدالت هرگز صادر نمی شود. چونکه شریران عادلان را احاطه می‌نمایند. بنابراین عدالت معوج شده صادر می‌گردد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Portanto a lei está paralisada, e a justiça nunca prevalece; pois os ímpios cercam os justos; por isso a justiça sai pervertida.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Por isso que a lei é enfraquecida, e o juízo nunca se cumpre: porque o perverso cerca o justo, por o juízo é distorcido.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

De aceea legea este neglijată și judecata niciodată nu înaintează, căci cel stricat împresoară pe cel drept; de aceea judecata nedreaptă merge înainte.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Де ачея леӂя есте фэрэ путере ши дрептатя ну се веде, кэч чел рэу бируе пе чел неприхэнит, де ачея се фак жудекэць недрепте.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

От этого закон потерял силу, и суда правильного нет: так как нечестивый одолевает праведного, то и суд происходит превратный.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Zato se ostavlja zakon, i sud ne izlazi nikada, jer bezbožnik opteče pravednika, zato sud izlazi izopačen.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Зато се оставља закон, и суд не излази никада, јер безбожник оптече праведника, зато суд излази изопачен.

Mashi Bible ☆

Irhegeko lyàcîfîrîre n’obwinjà bwahwîre! Bulya nyankola-maligo ashimbulîre omushinganyanya, n’obucîranuzi ntâbo!

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Por lo cual la ley es debilitada, y el juicio no sale verdadero: por cuanto el impío asedia al justo, por eso sale torcido el juicio.

Spanish BLL ☆

Por eso la ley ha perdido su fuerza y la justicia nunca se aplica; los malvados acosan a los justos, y por eso la justicia sale pervertida.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Por eso la ley se debilita y la justicia no prevalece nunca; porque el impío acosa al justo, y así sale torcida la justicia.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Por esta razón, la ley es débil y la justicia no prevalece; porque el hombre recto está rodeado de malhechores; por lo cual la justicia es pervertida.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Por eso la Ley no tiene poder y la justicia no prevalece. El perverso encierra al justo, de modo que la justicia resulta pervertida.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko ia ʻoku vaivai ai ʻae fono, pea ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ke ʻalu atu ʻae fakamaau: he kuo kāpui ʻae māʻoniʻoni ʻe he angahala; ko ia kuo ʻalu atu ai ʻae fakamaau taʻetotonu.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Ось, закон утратив силу, справедливого суду нема; безбожний перемагає праведного, а суд виходить переворотний.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Ось, закон утратив силу, справедливого суду нема; безбожний перемагає праведного, а суд виходить переворотний.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Vậy nên luật pháp không quyền, sự chánh trực không hề tỏ ra. Kẻ hung ác vây chung quanh ngươi công bình, vì cớ đó sự xét đoán ra trái ngược.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

עַל־כֵּן֙ תָּפ֣וּג תּוֹרָ֔ה וְלֹֽא־יֵצֵ֥א לָנֶ֖צַח מִשְׁפָּ֑ט כִּ֤י רָשָׁע֙ מַכְתִּ֣יר אֶת־הַצַּדִּ֔יק עַל־כֵּ֛ן יֵצֵ֥א מִשְׁפָּ֖ט מְעֻקָּֽל׃