Habakkuk 1:9
Strong's Lexicon
All
כֻּלֹּה֙ (kul·lōh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

of them come
יָב֔וֹא (yā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to enter, come in 1a2) to come 1a2a) to come with 1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy) 1a2c) to come to pass 1a3) to attain to 1a4) to be enumerated 1a5) to go 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lead in 1b2) to carry in 1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon 1b4) to bring to pass 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought, brought in 1c2) to be introduced, be put

bent
מְגַמַּ֥ת (mə·ḡam·maṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4041: 1) meaning uncertain; perhaps hordes, accumulation, assembling, eagerness (of Babylonians)

on violence;
לְחָמָ֣ס (lə·ḥā·mās)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2555: 1) violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice

their hordes
פְּנֵיהֶ֖ם (pə·nê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

[advance like] the east [wind];
קָדִ֑ימָה (qā·ḏî·māh)
Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6921: 1) east, east wind 1a) east (of direction) 1b) east wind

they gather
וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף (way·ye·’ĕ·sōp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 622: 1) to gather, receive, remove, gather in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to gather, collect 1a2) to gather (an individual into company of others) 1a3) to bring up the rear 1a4) to gather and take away, remove, withdraw 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to assemble, be gathered 1b2) (pass of Qal 1a2) 1b2a) to be gathered to one's fathers 1b2b) to be brought in or into (association with others) 1b3) (pass of Qal 1a4) 1b3a) to be taken away, removed, perish 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to gather (harvest) 1c2) to take in, receive into 1c3) rearguard, rearward (subst) 1d) (Pual) to be gathered 1e) (Hithpael) to gather oneself or themselves

prisoners
שֶֽׁבִי׃ (še·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7628: n m 1) captivity, captives 1a) (state of) captivity 1b) (act of) capture 1c) captives n f 2) captive

like sand.
כַּח֖וֹל (ka·ḥō·wl)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2344: 1) sand

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.

Young's Literal Translation
Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
All of them come to do violence; their faces are set in determination. They gather prisoners like sand.

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.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
they all come intent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand.

New Living Translation
"On they come, all bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind, sweeping captives ahead of them like sand.

English Standard Version
They all come for violence, all their faces forward. They gather captives like sand.

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.

American Standard Version
They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.

English Revised Version
They come all of them for violence; their faces are set eagerly as the east wind; and they gather captives as the sand.

Young's Literal Translation
Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.
















Cross References
2 Kings 12:17
Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

Daniel 11:17
He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.

Habakkuk 1:1
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

Habakkuk 1:7
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

Habakkuk 1:6
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.

Habakkuk 1:10
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

Habakkuk 1:11
Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

Habakkuk 1:12
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.
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