Habakkuk 1:7 “They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and s…”

Habakkuk 1:7

They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

World English Bible

They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

American Standard Version

They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

Geneva Bible 1599

They are terrible and fearefull: their iudgement and their dignitie shall proceede of theselues.

Darby Translation

They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

Young's Literal Translation

Terrible and fearful it [is], From itself its judgment and its excellency go forth.

Bible in Basic English

They are greatly to be feared: their right comes from themselves.

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Cross references

“their judgment, etc”

Jeremiah 39:5–9 Jeremiah 52:9–11 Jeremiah 52:25–27 Deuteronomy 5:19 Deuteronomy 5:27

Jeremiah 39:5–9 · BSB

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgmen…

Jeremiah 52:9–11 · BSB

The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.

Jeremiah 52:25–27 · BSB

Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of…

Deuteronomy 5:19 · BSB

You shall not steal.

Deuteronomy 5:27 · BSB

Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”

Also

Isaiah 18:7

Isaiah 18:7 · BSB

At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts— from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers— to Mount Zion, the p…

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

In context

6For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans — that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.

8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.

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