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


In Context

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.

10 Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him: he derideth every strong hold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.

11 Then shall he sweep by as a wind, and shall pass over, and be guilty: even he whose might is 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:9They shall all come to the prey, their face is like a burning wind: and they shall gather together captives as the 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 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.