Habakkuk 1:4
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
Note wrong: or, wrested
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.
Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the law
- Psalm 11:3; Psalm 119:126; Mark 7:9; Romans 3:31
- for
- 1 Kings 21:13; Job 21:7; Psalm 22:16; Psalm 58:1, 2; Psalm 59:2, 4; Psalm 82:1–5; Psalm 94:3, 20, 21; Isaiah 1:21–23; Isaiah 59:2–8, 13–15; Jeremiah 5:27–29; Jeremiah 12:1, 6; Jeremiah 26:8, 21–23; Jeremiah 37:14–16; Jeremiah 38:4–6; Ezekiel 22:25–30; Hosea 10:4; Amos 5:7, 12; Micah 2:1, 2; Micah 3:1–3; Micah 7:2–4; Matthew 23:34–36; Matthew 26:59–66; Matthew 27:1, 2, 25, 26; Acts 7:52, 59; Acts 23:12–14; James 2:6, 7
- wrong
- or, wrested.
- Exodus 23:2, 6; Deuteronomy 16:19; Ezekiel 9:9