Habakkuk 2:4

Lo, a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him, And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

In Context

3For yet the vision [is] for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.

5And also, because the wine [is] treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples,

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Cross References

Daniel 4:30the king hath answered and said, Is not this that great Babylon that I have built, for the house of the kingdom, in the might of my strength, and for the glory of mine honour?

Daniel 5:20and when his heart was high, and his spirit was strong to act proudly, he hath been caused to come down from the throne of his kingdom, and his glory they have caused to pass away from him,

Luke 18:14I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

Romans 1:17For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, 'And the righteous one by faith shall live,'

Galatians 3:11and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because 'The righteous by faith shall live;'

Hebrews 10:38and 'the righteous by faith shall live,' and 'if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,'

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:2-5

Waiting upon God; The People Directed. ( b. c. 600.) 1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 2 And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. 4 Behold, his soul which is… Read the whole commentary →

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