Habakkuk’s First Complaint

Habakkuk 1:2

In 11 translations

BSB: How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
KJV: O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
WEB: Yahweh, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you “Violence!” and will you not save?“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
ASV: O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.
LSV: Until when, O YHWH, have I cried, || And You do not hear? I cry to You, “Violence!” And You do not save.
YLT: Till when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee — 'Violence,' and Thou dost not save.
DBY: Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost not save.
DRC: How long, O Lord, shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? shall I cry out to thee suffering violence, and thou wilt not save?
GNV: O Lord, howe long shall I crye, and thou wilt not heare! euen crye out vnto thee for violence, and thou wilt not helpe!
JPS: How long, O LORD, shall I cry, and Thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto Thee of violence, and Thou wilt not save.
LXXE: How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and thou wilt not hearken? how long shall I cry out to thee being injured, and thou wilt not save?

WLC: עַד־אָ֧נָה יְהוָ֛ה שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי וְלֹ֣א תִשְׁמָ֑ע אֶזְעַ֥ק אֵלֶ֛יךָ חָמָ֖ס וְלֹ֥א תוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃
LXX-Br: Ἕως τίνος Κύριε κεκράξομαι, καὶ οὐ μὴ εἰσακουσεις; βοήσομαι πρὸς σὲ ἀδικούμενος, καὶ οὐ σώσεις;

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Psalms 22:1–2My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
Psalms 13:1–2How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?
Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
Jeremiah 14:9Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
Revelation 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
Psalms 94:3How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
Psalms 74:9–10There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last. How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?

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