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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BSBPD

“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)
KJVPD

“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
ASVPD

“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
YLTPD

“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 Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Habakkuk 1:2 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 19:7Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
  2. Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
  3. 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?
  4. Psalms 22:3Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
  5. 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.
  6. Psalms 94:3How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
  7. 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!
  8. Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
  9. 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?”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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