9They shall all come to the prey, their face is like a burning wind: and they shall gather together captives as the sand.


In Context

6 For behold, I will raise up the Chaldeans, a bitter and swift nation, marching upon the breadth of the earth, to possess the dwelling places that are not their own.

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

8 Their horses are lighter than leopards, and swifter than evening wolves; and their horsemen shall be spread abroad: for their horsemen shall come from afar, they shall fly as an eagle that maketh haste to eat.

9 They shall all come to the prey, their face is like a burning wind: and they shall gather together captives as the sand.

10 And their prince shall triumph over kings, and princes shall be his laughingstock: and he shall laugh at every strong hold, and shall cast up a mount, and shall take it.

11 Then shall his spirit be changed, and he shall pass, and fall: this is his strength of his god.

Habakkuk 1:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:9They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up [as] the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:9they all come bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:9They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9They come all of them for violence: the crowd of their faces is forwards, and they gather captives as the sand.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:9They come all of them for violence; their faces are set eagerly as the east wind; and they gather captives as the sand.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:9They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.