Habakkuk 1:13

Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,

Young's Literal Translation

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 of old, O Jehovah, my God, my Holy One? We do not die, O Jehovah, For judgment Thou hast appointed it, And, O Rock, for reproof Thou hast founded it.

14And Thou makest man as fishes of the sea, As a creeping thing — none ruling over him.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:15'Thou dost not shut up a servant unto his lord, who is delivered unto thee from his lord;

1 Kings 2:32and Jehovah hath turned back his blood on his own head, who hath fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slayeth them with the sword, — and my father David knew not — Abner son of Ner, head of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, head of the host of Judah;

Job 15:15Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.

Psalms 5:4For not a God desiring wickedness [art] Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.

Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;

Psalms 34:15The eyes of Jehovah [are] unto the righteous, And His ears unto their cry.

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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