Habakkuk 1:9

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Habakkuk 1:9

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up [as] the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.

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WEB

World English Bible

All of them come for violence. Their hordes face forward. They gather prisoners like sand.

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ASV

American Standard Version

They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Habakkuk 1

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.

¹⁰ They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

¹¹ Then they sweep by like the wind and pass through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.”

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