Habakkuk 1:2

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?

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

LORD, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you “Violence!” and will you not save?

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

O Lord, howe long shall I crye, and thou wilt not heare! euen crye out vnto thee for violence, and thou wilt not helpe!

Darby Translation

Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost not save.

Young's Literal Translation

Till when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee — 'Violence,' and Thou dost not save.

Bible in Basic English

How long, O Lord, will your ears be shut to my voice? I make an outcry to you about violent behaviour, but you do not send salvation.

In context

1This is the burden that Habakkuk the prophet received in a vision:

3Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.

Read Habakkuk 1