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


In Context

6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.

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

8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

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

10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

Habakkuk 1:9 in Other Translations

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 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.