Habakkuk 1:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.””
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“Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then shall he sweep by as a wind, and shall pass over, and be guilty, even he whose might is his god.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Then passed on hath the spirit, Yea, he doth transgress, And doth ascribe this his power to his god.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Habakkuk 1:11 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 12:6The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.
- Isaiah 10:13For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
- Jeremiah 4:11At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift;
- Jeremiah 9:22Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”
- Daniel 4:27Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
- Daniel 4:30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Daniel 5:3Thus they brought in the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king drank from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.
- Daniel 5:20But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.
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