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


In Context

4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted.

5 Behold 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.

6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation; which march 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 Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen spread themselves: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.

9 They come all of them for violence; their faces are set eagerly as the east wind; 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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