NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon They shall comebow' (bo) to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) all for violence chamac (khaw-mawce') violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain -- cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong. their faces paniym (paw-neem') the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) shall sup up mgammah (meg-am-maw') accumulation, i.e. impulse or direction -- sup up. as the east wind qadiym (kaw-deem') the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind) -- east(-ward, wind). and they shall gather 'acaph (aw-saf') to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove the captivity shbiy (sheb-ee') exiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension, booty -- captive(-ity), prisoners, take away, that was taken. as the sand chowl (khole) sand (as round or whirling particles) -- sand. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "All of them come for violence. Their horde of faces moves forward. They collect captives like sand. King James Bible They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. Holman Christian Standard Bible All of them come to do violence; their faces are set in determination. They gather prisoners like sand. International Standard Version "They all come to oppress— hordes of them, their faces pressing onward— they take prisoners as numerous as the desert sand! NET Bible All of them intend to do violence; every face is determined. They take prisoners as easily as one scoops up sand. GOD'S WORD® Translation They will all come for violence. Every face will be directed forward. They will gather prisoners like sand. King James 2000 Bible They shall all come for violence: their faces are set like the east wind, and they shall gather captives as the sand. Links Habakkuk 1:9Habakkuk 1:9 NIV Habakkuk 1:9 NLT Habakkuk 1:9 ESV Habakkuk 1:9 NASB Habakkuk 1:9 KJV |