Habakkuk 1:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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?”
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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!”
King James Version · Public Domain“O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Till when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee--`Violence,' and Thou dost not save.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Habakkuk 1:2 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 19:7Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
- Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
- Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
- Psalms 22:3Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
- Psalms 74:9There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
- Psalms 94:3How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
- Jeremiah 14:9Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
- Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
- Revelation 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
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