Habakkuk 1:13 “Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wron…”

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

World English Bible

You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

American Standard Version

Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou art of pure eyes, and canst not see euill: thou canst not behold wickednesse: wherefore doest thou looke vpon the transgressors, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked deuoureth the man, that is more righteous then he?

Darby Translation

[Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on mischief: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] keepest silence when the wicked swalloweth up a [man] more righteous than he?

Young's Literal Translation

Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,

Bible in Basic English

Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“of”

Job 15:15 Psalm 11:4–7 Psalm 5:4 Psalm 5:5 Psalm 34:15 Psalm 34:16

Job 15:15 · BSB

If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,

Psalm 11:4–7 · BSB

The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.

Psalm 5:4 · BSB

For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.

Psalm 5:5 · BSB

The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.

Psalm 34:15 · BSB

The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.

Psalm 34:16 · BSB

But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

“wherefore”

Psalm 10:15 Psalm 73:3 Psalm 10:1 Psalm 10:2 Jeremiah 12:1 Jeremiah 12:2

Psalm 10:15 · BSB

Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.

Psalm 73:3 · BSB

For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 10:1 · BSB

Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

Psalm 10:2 · BSB

In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.

Jeremiah 12:1 · BSB

Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

Jeremiah 12:2 · BSB

You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.

“deal”

Isaiah 21:2 Isaiah 33:1

Isaiah 21:2 · BSB

A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”

Isaiah 33:1 · BSB

Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.

“holdest”

Psalm 50:3 Esther 4:14 Psalm 35:22 Psalm 50:21 Psalm 83:1 Isaiah 64:12

Psalm 50:3 · BSB

Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.

Esther 4:14 · BSB

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time…

Psalm 35:22 · BSB

O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.

Psalm 50:21 · BSB

You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

Psalm 83:1 · BSB

O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.

Isaiah 64:12 · BSB

After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

“the wicked”

2 Samuel 4:11 1 Kings 2:32 Psalm 37:12–15 Acts 2:23 Acts 3:13–15 Habakkuk 1:3

2 Samuel 4:11 · BSB

How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”

1 Kings 2:32 · BSB

The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Isra…

Psalm 37:12–15 · BSB

The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

Acts 2:23 · BSB

He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

Acts 3:13–15 · BSB

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.

Habakkuk 1:3 · BSB

Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.

14You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.

Read Habakkuk 1