Habakkuk 1:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ This is why the law is ineffective and justice never emerges. For the wicked restrict  the righteous; therefore, justice  comes out perverted.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Therefore the law is slackened and justice and a righteous sentence never go forth, for the [hostility of the] wicked surrounds the [uncompromisingly] righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.

Common English Bible

⁴ The Instruction is ineffective. Justice does not endure because the wicked surround the righteous. Justice becomes warped.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Because of this, the law has been torn apart, and judgment does not persevere to its conclusion. For the impious prevail against the just. Because of this, a perverse judgment is issued.

Habakkuk 1:4 Cross References

1 Kings 21:13

The two wicked men came in and sat opposite him. Then the wicked men testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, ‘Naboth has cursed God and the king! ’ So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

Job 21:7

Why do the wicked continue to live, growing old and becoming powerful?

Exodus 23:2

‘You must not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. Do not testify in a lawsuit and go along with a crowd to pervert justice.

Exodus 23:6

‘You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit.

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.

Isaiah 59:12

For our transgressions have multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us. For our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities:

Jeremiah 12:1

You will be righteous, Lord, even if I bring a case against you. Yet I wish to contend with you: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous live at ease?

Jeremiah 12:6

Even your brothers #– #your own father’s family – even they were treacherous to you; even they have cried out loudly after you. Do not have confidence in them, though they speak well of you.

Jeremiah 26:8

When he finished the address the Lord had commanded him to deliver to all the people, immediately the priests, the prophets, and all the people took hold of him, yelling, ‘You must surely die!

Jeremiah 8:7

Even storks in the sky know their seasons. Turtledoves, swallows, and cranes are aware of their migration, but my people do not know the requirements of the  Lord.

Ezekiel 9:9

He answered me, ‘The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of bloodshed,  and the city full of perversity. For they say, “The Lord has abandoned the land;  he does not see.”

Hosea 10:4

They speak mere words, taking false oaths while making covenants. So lawsuits break out like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Amos 5:12

For I know that your crimes are many and your sins innumerable. They oppress the righteous,  take a bribe, and deprive the poor of justice  at the city gates.

Amos 5:7

Those who turn justice into wormwood also throw righteousness to the ground.

Mark 7:9

He also said to them, ‘You have a fine way of invalidating God’s command in order to set up   your tradition!

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute?  They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers  you have now become.

Acts 7:59

While they were stoning Stephen, he called out, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit! ’

Romans 3:31

Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not!  On the contrary, we uphold the law.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.