5See ye among the nations, and behold, and wonder marvellously; for I work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be declared to you.


In Context

2 Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost not save.

3 Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity, and lookest thou upon grievance? For spoiling and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.

4 Therefore the law is powerless, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked encompasseth the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted.

5 See ye among the nations, and behold, and wonder marvellously; for I work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be declared to you.

6 For behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, which marcheth through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.

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

Habakkuk 1:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for [I[ will work a work in your days, [which] ye will not believe, though it be told [you. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:5"Look at the nations and watch- and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:5Behold ye among the nations, and see: wonder, and be astonished: for a work is done in your days, which no man will believe when it shall be told.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:5Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:5Behold ye among the nations, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I work a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5|Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is told you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5Look ye on nations, and behold and marvel greatly. For a work He is working in your days, Ye do not believe though it is declared.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5Behold you among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which you will not believe, though it be told you.