Habakkuk 1:13

[Thou] whose eyes are too pure to look with approval on wrong, to respect oppression, canst not endure,—Wherefore, shouldst thou respect the treacherous? Be silent, when the lawless, swalloweth up, one more righteous than he?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

In Context

12Art not, thou, from of old, O Yahweh, my God, my Holy One? Thou diest not! O Yahweh, to judgment, hast thou appointed him, and, O Rock, to correction, hast thou devoted him:

14So wouldst thou have made Men, like the fishes of the sea,—like the creeping thing that hath no ruler over it:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:15Thou shalt not deliver up a slave unto his lord,—one who maketh his escape unto thee, from his lord:

1 Kings 2:32thus will Yahweh bring back his blood upon his own head, in that he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing it,—even Abner son of Ner, general of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, general of the army of Judah;

Job 15:15Lo! in his holy ones, he putteth not confidence, and, the heavens, are not pure in his eyes:

Psalms 5:4For, not a GOD finding pleasure in lawlessness, art thou, and wrong can be no guest of thine:

Psalms 10:15Shatter thou the arm of the lawless one, And, as for the wrongful, wilt thou not enquire for his lawlessness—wilt thou not find [it]?

Psalms 34:15The eyes of Yahweh, are towards the righteous, And, his ears, towards their cry for help:

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 1:13-17

The Prophet's Plea; The Prophet's Complaint. ( b. c. 600.) 12 Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die . O Lord , thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? 14 And makest men as the fishes of the… Read the whole commentary →

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