Habakkuk 2:4

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Habakkuk 2:4

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—

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KJV

King James Version

Behold, his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

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WEB

World English Bible

Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.

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Habakkuk 2

² Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.

³ For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.

⁴ Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—

⁵ and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.

⁶ Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’

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