Habakkuk 1:13
“Thou art of purer eyes then to beholde euill, and canst not looke on ininquitie: wherefore lookest thou vpon them that deale treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked deuoureth the man that is more righteous then hee?”
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Habakkuk 1:13 Context
11Then shall his minde change, and he shall passe ouer, and offend, imputing this his power vnto his God. 12¶ Art thou not from euerlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy one? we shall not die: O Lord, thou hast ordained them for iudgement, and O mightie God, thou hast established them for correction. 13Thou art of purer eyes then to beholde euill, and canst not looke on ininquitie: wherefore lookest thou vpon them that deale treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked deuoureth the man that is more righteous then hee? 14And makest men as the fishes of the Sea, as the creeping things, that haue no ruler ouer them. 15They take vp all of them with the angle: they catch them in their net, and gather them in their dragge; therefore they reioyce and are glad.
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[Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth [the man that is] more righteous than he?
- King James Version
{Your} eyes are too pure to approve evil, And You can not look on wickedness {with favor.} Why do You look with favor On those who deal treacherously? Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up Those more righteous than they?
- New American Standard Version (1995)