Habakkuk 1:4
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Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
In other translations
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
Hebrew words
עַל־'al-there-H5921כֵּןken-foreH3651תָּפוּגtafugit grows numbH6313תּוֹרָהtorah[the] lawH8451וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808יֵצֵאyetze'it comes forthH3318לָנֶצַחlanetzachto perpetuityH5331מִשְׁפָּטmishpatjusticeH4941כִּיkiforH3588רָשָׁעrasha'[the] wickedH7563מַכְתִּירmakhtir[is] surroundingH3803אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַצַּדִּיקhatzadikthe righteous [person]H6662עַל־'al-there-H5921כֵּןken-foreH3651יֵצֵאyetze'it comes forthH3318מִשְׁפָּטmishpatjusticeH4941מְעֻקָּל׃me'ukalpervertedH6127
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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