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


In Context

4 Therefore the law is slackened, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth encompass the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will 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 shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling-places that are not theirs.

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

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 English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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