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Habakkuk 1:2

O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

KJV

Usquequo, Domine, clamabo, et non exaudies ? vociferabor ad te, vim patiens, et non salvabis ?

Vulgate

Ἕως τίνος, Κύριε, κράξομαι, καὶ οὐ μὴ εἰσακούσῃς; βοήσομαι πρὸς σὲ ἀδικούμενος, καὶ οὐ σώσεις;

LXX

O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.

ASV

עַד אָ֧נָה יְהוָ֛ה שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי וְ/לֹ֣א תִשְׁמָ֑ע אֶזְעַ֥ק אֵלֶ֛י/ךָ חָמָ֖ס וְ/לֹ֥א תוֹשִֽׁיעַ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אָ֣נָה
'nh
adverb · 43×
חָמָ֖ס
chms
noun · 59×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 204×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי
shv'ty
verb · 21×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
תִּזְעַ֖ק
tz'q
verb · 73×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 6:11 — The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
  • Jer 14:9 — Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
  • Job 19:7 — Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
  • Lam 3:8 — Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
  • Ps 13:1 — How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
  • Ps 22:1 — My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
  • Ps 94:3 — LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
  • Ps 140:1 — Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
  • Rev 6:10 — And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?