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


In Context

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.

8 And their horses are swifter than the leopards, and are more agile than the evening wolves; and their horsemen prance proudly, and their horsemen come from afar: they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.

9 They come all of them for violence: the crowd of their faces is forwards, and they gather captives as the sand.

Habakkuk 1:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:7They [are] terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:7They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honor.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:7They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:7They are dreadful, and terrible: from themselves shall their judgment, and their burden proceed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:7They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:7They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed from themselves.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7Terrible and fearful it is, From itself its judgment and its excellency go forth.