Habakkuk 1:7

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Habakkuk 1:7

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Berean Standard Bible

They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty.

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KJV

King James Version

They [are] terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

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WEB

World English Bible

They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

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ASV

American Standard Version

They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Habakkuk 1

⁵ “Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.

⁶ For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.

⁷ They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty.

⁸ Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.

⁹ All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.

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