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


In Context

4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

5 "Look at the nations and watch- and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.

6 I am raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwelling places not their own.

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

8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like a vulture swooping to devour;

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