Habakkuk
King James Version (KJV)


“They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.”
King James Version (KJV)
1:9 For violence - To enrich themselves by making a prey of all. Their faces - Their very countenances shall be as blasting as the east - wind.
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup vp as the East winde, and they shall gather the captiuitie as the sand.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"All of them come for violence. Their horde of faces {moves} forward. They collect captives like sand.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.
- American Standard Version (1901)
They are coming all of them with force; the direction of their faces is forward, the number of their prisoners is like the sands of the sea.
- Basic English Bible
All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
They come all of them for violence: the crowd of their faces is forwards, and they gather captives as the sand.
- Darby Bible
They shall all come to the prey, their face is like a burning wind: and they shall gather together captives as the sand.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
They come all of them for violence; their faces are set eagerly as the east wind; and they gather captives as the sand.
- English Revised Version
All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.
- World English Bible