Habakkuk
King James Version (KJV)
Habakkuk 1:9
“They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.”
King James Version (KJV)
Habakkuk 1:9 Context
6For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs. 7They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. 8Their 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. 9They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. 10And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. 11Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god. 12Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
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Other Translations
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
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 come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
- Webster's Bible
All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.
- World English Bible
Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.
- Youngs Literal Bible
They come all of them for violence; their faces are set eagerly as the east wind; and they gather captives as the sand.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- 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
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 come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
- Webster's Bible
All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.
- World English Bible
Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.
- Youngs Literal Bible
They come all of them for violence; their faces are set eagerly as the east wind; and they gather captives as the sand.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Habakkuk 1:9
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.