7They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.


In Context

4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.

5 |Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is told you.

6 For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.

7 They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

8 Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.

9 All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers 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 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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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