Verse (Click for Chapter) GOD'S WORD® Translation That is why your teaching is numbed, and justice is never carried out. Wicked people surround righteous people so that when justice is carried out, it's perverted. American Standard Version Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted. Berean Study Bible Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted. Douay-Rheims Bible Therefore the law is torn in pieces, and judgment cometh not to the end: because the wicked prevaileth against the just, therefore wrong judgment goeth forth. English Revised Version Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted. King James Bible Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. World English Bible Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted. Young's Literal Translation Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth. Habakkuk 1:4 Additional Translations ... Links Habakkuk 1:4 NIVHabakkuk 1:4 NLT Habakkuk 1:4 ESV Habakkuk 1:4 NASB Habakkuk 1:4 NKJV Habakkuk 1:4 KJV |