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'TUTTLE, MOREHOUSE & TATLOR, PX^INTERS
1881.

THE PROPHECY OF HABAKKUK.

Introductort Note.— The following Revision of the Authorized or King
James' Versiori of the ftophecy of Habakkuk has been made by the Hebrew Club
of the Senior Class in the Divinity School of Yale College, not only in the further
^ prosecution of the critical study of the Hebrew Scriptures, but also as a special
preparation, on their part, for the more perfect appreciation of the expected
Revision of the British aud American Revision Committee. For this purpose the
published rules adopted by that body, though of course with no knowledge, direct
or indirect, of the results to which they may have arrived, have been faithfully
followed. The Hebrew text compared with the Authorized Version has been
critically examined twice. On the first revision a simple majority decided the
chanees to be made, but on the second revision uo change from tbe Authorized
Version was admitted except by a two-thirds vote. The words, also, used in the
new renderings, have been restricted to those found in the Authorized or the earlier
English versions, although occasionally better ones, it was thought, might be
introduced. The leading authorities consulted have been — of the ancient versions, the Septua
gint, Vulgate and Syriae ; of the modern translations, the Bishops' Bible and the
German versions of Luther and De "Wette ; the Lexicons of Gesenius (Miihlau and
Volck's ed. 18'78) and Fiirst, and the Commentaries of Maurer, Ewald, Hitzig and
Keil, also those in Lange, and the Speaker's Commentary. The principal de
pendence, however, has been placed upon the careful study of the original text.
"Divinity School of Yale College, '
New Haven, Conn., April 26tli, 1881.

CHAPTER I.

Revised Version.
' The burden which Habakkuk the pro
phet did see.
^Jehovah, how long have I cried, and
thou hearest not ! I cry out unto thee
Violence, and thou savest not ! ^ "VVhy
dost thou cause me to see iniquity, and
beholdest misery? for spoiling and vio
lence are before me : and there is strife,
and contention ariseth. ''Therefore the
law is slack, and judgment goeth not forth
according to truth :* for the wicked doth
compass about the righteous ; therefore
judgment goeth forth perverted.
5 Look ye among the nations, and see,
and be exceedingly amazed : for I will
work a work in your days, which ye will
not believe, though it be told. ^ For, lo !
I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and
hasty nation, which march through the
breadth of the earth, to possess the dwell
ing places that are not theirs. ^ They are
terrible and dreadful : their judgment
and their dignity shall proceed from them
selves. ^ Their horses also are swifter
than the leopards, and are fiercer than the
evening wolves : and their horsemen shall
spread themselves, and their horsemen
shall come from afar; they shall fly as
the eagle that hasteth to eat. ' They all
shall come for violence ; the host of their
faces shall be forward : and they shall
* Or, goeth not forth forever.

Version of 1611.
rriHE hurden which Habafe-
J- Icuk the prophet did see.
2 O LOBD, now long shall I
cry, and thou wilt not hear !
frm err out unto thee oj
fiSiencl and thou wilt not
3 Why dost thou shew me
iniquity, and cause me to pe-
hold grievance? lor spoiling
and violence are before me .
and there are that raise up
strife and contention.

4 Therefore the law IB
slacked, and judgment doth
never go forth : for the wick
ed doth compass about tne
righteous; therefore wrong
judgment proceedeth.

5 IT Behold ye among the
heathen,and regard, and won
der marvellously : for 1 will
work a work in your days,
which ye will not believe,
though it be told you.
6 For, lo, 1 raise up the
Chaldeans, that bitter and
hasty nation, which shall
march through the breadth
of the land, to possess the
dwelling places that are not
theirs.

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

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

9 They shall come all for
violence: their faces shall
sup up as the east wind, and
they shall gather the captivi
ty as the sand.

HABAKKUK.

Revised Version.
gather captives as the sand, '°and they
shall scoff at the kings, and princes shall
be a scorn unto them : they shall deride
every stronghold ; for they shall heap up
earth, and take it. " Then they rush on
[as] a wind, and pass over, and are guilty:
this their strength is their god.
'^Art thou not from everlasting, Jeho
vah, my God, my Holy One I we shall
not die ; Jehovah, thou hast ordained
them for judgment; and, 0 Eock, thou hast
established them for correction. '^ [Thovi
art] of purer eyes than to behold iniquity,
and canst not look on misery : where
fore lookest thou upon them that deal
treacherously, [and] art silent when the
wicked devoureth the one more righteous
than he, "'?and makest men as the fishes
of the sea., as the creeping things, that
have no ruler over them ?
'5 They take up all of them with the
hook ; they catch them in their net, and
gather them in their fishing net : there
fore they rejoice and are glad. '^There
fore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn
incense unto their fishing net : because by
them their portion is fat, and their food
plenteous. '^ Shall they therefore empty
their net, and not spare to slay continually
the nations ?

Version' of 1611.
10 And they shall scoff at
the kings, and the princes
shall be a scorn unto them :
they shall deride every strong
iiold; for they shall heap
dust, and take it.

XI Then shall his mind
change, and he shall pass
over, aud offend, imputing
this his power unto his god.

12 IT Art thou not from
everlasting. O LoBDmy God,
mine Holy One ? we shall not
die. O LoKD, thou hast or
dained them for judgment ;
and, O mighty Goa, thou hast
established them for correc
tion. 13 Thou art of purer eyes
than to behold evil, and canst
not look on iniquity: where
fore lookest thou upon them
that deal treacherously, and
holdest thy tongue when the
wicked devoureth the inaa
that is more righteous than
he?

14 And makest men as the
fishes of the sea, as the creep
ing things, that have no ruler
over them ?

15 They take up all of them
with the angle, they catch
them in their net, and gather
them in their drag : therefore
they rejoice and are glad.

16 Therefore they sacrifice
unto their net, aiid burn in
cense unto their drag; be
cause by them iheir portion
is fat, and their meat plente
ous.

17 Shall they therefore
empty their net, and not
spare continually to slay the
nations?

CHAPTER II.

Revised Version.

' I will stand upon my watch, and set
me upon a tower, and will look to see
what he will say unto me, and what I
shall bring back concerning my complaint.
^And Jehovah answered me, and said.
Write the vision, and engrave [it] upon
the tablets, that he may run that readeth it.
3 For the vision is yet for the appointed
time, and it panteth for the end, and will
not lie : though it tarry, wait for it ; be
cause it will surely come, it will not delay.
"Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not
upright in him : but the just shall live by
his faith. ' And also : wine is a deceiver ;
he is a proud man, neither keepeth at
home, but enlargeth his desire as Sheol,
and is as death, and will not be satisfied,
but gathereth unto him all the nations, and
heapeth vmto him all the peoples.
^ Shall not all these take up a proverb
against him, and a taunting song, [even]
dark sayings concerning him, and say.
Woe to him that increaseth that which is
not his ! how long f and to him that load-
eth upon himself goods taken in pledge !
'' Shall they not rise up suddenly that
shall bite thee, and awake that shall make
thee tremble, and thou shalt become booties
unto them % ^ Because thou hast plundered
many nations, all the remnant of the
peoples shall plunder thee : because of the
shedding of men's blood, and violence to
the land, to the city, and to all that dwell
therein.

I

Version of 1611.
WILL st.ind upon my
- watch, and set me upon
the towev, and will >v:>tch to
see what he will say unto me
and what I ehallanswei- when
1 am reproved.

2 And the Lokd answered
me, and said, Write the vis
ion, and make it plain upon
tables, that he may run that
readeth it.
3 For the vision js yet lor
an appointed time, hut at the
end it shall speak, and not
lie ; though it tarry, wait for
it; because it will surely
come, it will not tarry.

4 Behold, his soul wiuch is
lifted up is not upright in
him: but the just shall live
by his faith.
5 H Yea also, because lie
transgresseth by wine, he is
a proud man, neither keep
eth at home, who enlargeth
his desire as hell, and is as
death, and cannot be satisfi
ed, but gathereth unto hira
all nations, and heapeth unto
him all people :

6 Shall not all these take
up a parable against him. and
a taunting proverb against
him, and sa^ , Woe to bim
that increaseth that njhicli is
not bis! how long? and to
him that ladeth himself with
thick elaj !

7 Shall they not rise up
suddenly that shall bite thee,
and awake that shall vex
thee, and tbon shalt be for
booties unto tbem?
8 Because thou hast spoil
ed many nations, all the rem
nant ofthe people shall spoil
tbee ; because ol men's blood,
and for the violence of the
land, of the city, and of all
that dwell therein.

HABAKKUK.

t Revised Version.
^ Woe to him tha;t gaineth evil gain
to his house, that he may set his nest on
high, that he may deliver himself. from
the power of evil ! '°Thou hast consulted
shame to thy house by cutting off many
peoples, and hast sinned away thy life.
" For the stone shall cry out of the wall,
and the beam out of the timber shall
answer it.
'^ Woe to him that buildeth a town with
bloodshed, and establisheth a city by ini
quity ! '3 Behold, is it not from Jehovah
of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire,
and the nations weary themselves for van
ity % '+ For the earth shall be filled with
the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah,
as the waters cover the sea.
'^Woe to him that maketh his neigh
bor to drink ; pouring out thy wrath, and
also making drunk, in order to look upon
their nakedness ! '^ Thou art filled with
shame instead of glory ; drink thou also, and
show thyself uncircumcised ! the cup of
the right hand of Jehovah shall be turned
unto thee, and shame shall be on thy
glory. '7 For the. violence to Lebanon
shall cover thee, and the destruction of
beasts, which made them afraid, because of
the shedding of men's blood, and the vio
lence to the land, to the city, and to all
that dwell therein.
'^ What doth the graven image profit, that
the maker thereof hath graven it ; the
molten image, and the teacher of lies, that
the maker of his work trusteth therein, to
make dumb idols ? '^ Woe unto him that
saith to the wood, Awake ! to the dumb
stone, Arise ! Shall it teach ? Behold it
is laid over with gold and silver, and there
is no breath at all in the midst of it.
=° But Jehovah is in his holy temple : let
all the earth keep silence before him.

Version of 1611.
9 t Woe to him that covet-
eth an evil covetousness to
his house, that he may set his
nest on high, that he may be
delivered fi-om the power of
evil !
10 Thou hast consulted
shame to thy house by cut
ting off many people, and
hast sinned against thy soul.

11 For the stone shall cry
out of the wall, and the beam
out of the timber shall an
swer it.

¦12 IT Woe to hira that build
eth a town with blood, and
stablisheth a city by ini
quity !
13 Behold, is it not of the
LOED of hosts that the people
shall labour In the very fire,
and the people shall weary
themselves tor very vanity ?

14 For the earth shall be
filled with the knowledge of
the glory of the Lord, as the
.waters cover the sea.

15 If Woe unto him that
giveth his neighbour drink,
that puttest thy bottle to ^/m,
and makest him drunken
also, that thou mayest look
on their nakedness j
16 Thou art filled with
shame for glory : drink thou
also, and let thy foreskin be
uncovered : the cup of the
LoKO's right hand shall be
turned unto thee, and sham-
ful spewing shall he on thy
glory.

17 For the violence of Leb
anon shall cover thee, aud
the spoil of beasts, which
made them afraid, because
of men's blood, and for the
violence of the land, of the
city, and of all that dwell
therein.

18 IT What profiteth the
graven image that the maker
thereof hath graven it; the
molten image, and a teacher
of lies, that tlie maker of his
work trusteth therein, to
make dumb idols ?

19 Woe unto him that saith
to the wood. Awake ; to the
dumb stone, Arise, it shall
teach ! Behold, it is laid over
with gold and silver, and
there is no breath at all in
the midst of it.

20 But the LoBD is in his
holy temple : let all the earth
keep silence before him.

CHAPTER III.

Revised Version.
' A prayer of Habakkuk the j^rophet upon
Shigionoth.
"" Jehovah, I have heard thy message, and
am afraid ;
Jehovah, revive \hy work in the midst of
the years ;
In the midst of the years make it known :
In wrath remember mercy.
3 Grod cometh from Teman,
And the Holy One from mount Paran.
Selah.
His glory covereth the heavens.
And the earth is full of his praise.
•• And [his] brightness is as the light ;
He hath bright beams coming out of his
hand :
And there is the hiding of his power.
5 Before him goeth the plague :
And burning pestilence goeth forth at his
feet.
^ He standeth and shaketh the earth ;
He beholdeth and causeth the nations to
tremble;
And the everlasting mountains are scat
tered.
The perpetual hills do bow :
His ways are everlasting,
' I see the tents of Ctishan in affliction :
The curtains of the land of Midian
tremble.

Version of 1611.
A PEATER of Habakkuk
-^1- the prophet upon Shigio
noth.

2 O LOKD, I have heard thy
speech ana was afraid :0
Loud, revive thy wort m the
midst of the years, in the
midst of the years make
known ; In wrath remember
mercy.

3 God came from Teman,
and the Holv One from mount
Paran. Selah. His glory
covered the heavens, and the
earth was full of his praise.

4 And /^^> briglitness was
as the light; he had horns
coming out of his hand : and
there wa^ the hiding of his
power.

5 Before him went the pes
tilence, and burning coals
went forth at his feet.

6 He stood, and measured
the earth : he beheld, and
drove asunder the nations;
and the everlasting mount
ains were scattered, the per
petual hills did bow : his
ways are everlasting.

¦ '' '^«*"i,""' '''°''* »'¦ Cushau
in affliction : ,mrl the cur
tains of the land ol Midian
did tremble.

HABAKKUK.

•Revised Version.
^ Is Jehovah incensed against the rivers ?
Is thine anger against the rivers ?
Thy wrath against the sea,
That thou ridest upon thy horses,
Thy chariots of salvation ?
^ Thy bow is made quite naked ;
Sworn are the rods of [thy] word. Selah.
Thou cleavest the earth with rivers.
'°The mountains see thee, they tremble ;
The flood of waters passeth along :
The deep uttereth his voice,
[And] lifteth up his hands on high.
"Sun [and] moon stand still in their habi
tation :
At the light of thine arrows they go.
At the brightness of the lightning of thy
spear.
'^Thou marchest through the land in fury :
Thou threshest the nations in anger.
'^Thou goest forth for the salvation of thy
people,
For the salvation of thine anointed .one :
Thou crushest the head from out of the
house of the wicked.
Making bare the foundation unto the
neck. Selah.
'¦?Thou, smitest through with his rods the
¦ head of his hosts ;
They come out as a whirlwind to scat
ter me :
Their rejoicing is as to devour the poor
secretly.
'^Thou dost walk through the sea with thy
horses :
[Through] the foaming of great waters.

Version of 1611.
8 Was the Lokd displeased
against the rivers? was thine
anger against the rivers ? loas
thy wrath against the sea,
that thou didst ride upon
thine horses and thy chariots
of salvation?

9 Thy bow was made quite
naked, according to the oaihs
of the tribes, even thy word.
Selah. Thou didst cleave the
earth with rivers.

10 The mountains saw thee,
and they trembled : the over-
fiowing of the water passed
by: the deep uttered his
voice, and lifted up his hands
on high.

11 The sun and moon stood
still in their habitation : at
the light of thine arrows they
went, and at tbe shining of
thy glittering spear.

12 Thou didst march
through the land in indigna
tion, thou didst thresh the
heathen in anger.

13 Thou wentest forth for
the salvation of thy people,
efoen for salvation with thine
anointed ; thou woundedst
the head out of the house of
the wicked, by discovering
the foundation unto the neck.
Selah.

14 Thou didst strike
through with his staves the
head of his villages : they
came out as a whirlwind to
scatter me: their rejoicing
was as to devour the poor
secretly.

15 Thou dltlst walk through
the sea with thine horses.
through the heap of great
waters.

HABAKKUK.

Retised Veesion.
'*l heard and my bowels trembled,
My lips quivered at the voice ;
-Rottenness entereth into my bones.
And underneath me I tremble,
That I must silently wait for the day of
distress.
When he that cometh up against the
people shall invade them.
''For the fig tree will not blossom,
And there is no fruit on the vines ;
The yield of the olive faileth,
And the fields bear no food.
The flock is cut off from the fold,
And there is no herd in the stalls.
''But I will exult in Jehovah :
I will rejoice in the Grod of my salvation.
''Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength ;
And he maketh my feet as the hinds ;
And he maketh me to waik upon my
high places.
To the chief singer with my stringed
instruments.

Version of 1611-
16 When I heard, mj; Jl^S
trembled; my 1% «"7en-
at the voice: ro''«°?''!ld r
tered Into my bones, and L
trembled in m/self, that i
might rest in tie day of tro
bie: when be cometh up unto
the people, he will invaoe
them with his troops.

17 IT Although the flg,W«e
shall not blossom, neither
ShaU fruit be in the vines ; the
labour of the ohve shall fail,
and the fields shall yield no
meat; tbe flock shall be
cut off from the fold, and
tliere shall be no herd in the
stalls;

18 Tet I will rejoice in the
Lord, I will Joy in tbe God
of my salvation.
19 The Lord God is my
strength, and he will make
my feet like hinds' feet, and
he will make me to walk up
on mine high places. To the
chief singer on my stringed
instruments.

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