Habakkuk 1:9
“They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup vp as the East winde, and they shall gather the captiuitie as the sand.”
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Habakkuk 1:9 Context
7They are terrible and dreadfull: their iudgement and their dignity shal proceed of themselues. 8Their horses also are swifter then the leopards, and are more fierce then the euening wolues: & their horsemen shall spread themselues, and their horsemen shall come from farre, they shall flie as the Eagle that hasteth to eate. 9They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup vp as the East winde, and they shall gather the captiuitie as the sand. 10And they shal scoffe at the Kings, and the Princes shall bee a scorne vnto them: they shall deride euery strong holde, for they shall heape dust & take it. 11Then shall his minde change, and he shall passe ouer, and offend, imputing this his power vnto his God.
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Other Translations for 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
"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
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.