Habakkuk 1:6

Bible › Habakkuk › Chapter 1 › Verse 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.For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans— that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.

In other translations

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.For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans— that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.

Hebrew words

כִּי־ki-forH3588הִנְנִיhinihere IH2005מֵקִיםmekim[am] about to raise upH6965אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַכַּשְׂדִּיםhakasdimthe ChaldeansH3778הַגּוֹיhagoythe nationH1471הַמַּרhamar<the> bitterH4751וְהַנִּמְהָרvehanimharand <the> impetuousH4116הַהוֹלֵךְhaholekhwhich goesH1980לְמֶרְחֲבֵי־lemerchavei-to [the] expanses ofH4800אֶרֶץ'eretz[the] earthH776לָרֶשֶׁתlareshetto take possession ofH3423מִשְׁכָּנוֹתmishkanotdwellingsH4908לֹּא־lo'-[which] notH3808לוֹ׃lo[belong] to it

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.

People and places

Places: Chaldea

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