Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.
Habakkuk 1:2 - English Standard Version 2016 O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O Lord, how long shall I cry for help and You will not hear? Or cry out to You of violence and You will not save? American Standard Version (1901) O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save. Common English Bible LORD, how long will I call for help and you not listen? I cry out to you, “Violence!” but you don’t deliver us. Catholic Public Domain Version How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and you will not heed? Shall I shout to you while suffering violence, and you will not save? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How long, O Lord, shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? shall I cry out to thee suffering violence, and thou wilt not save? |
Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.
Why should you be like a man confused, like a mighty warrior who cannot save? Yet you, O Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not leave us.”
Then the angel of the Lord said, ‘O Lord of hosts, how long will you have no mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which you have been angry these seventy years?’
They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”