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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Habakkuk 1 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/habakkuk/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/habakkuk/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > Habakkuk 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../nahum/3.htm" title="Nahum 3">◄</a> Habakkuk 1 <a href="../habakkuk/2.htm" title="Habakkuk 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/habakkuk/1-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Habakkuk’s First Complaint<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The burden which the prophet Ambacum saw.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and thou wilt not hearken? <i>how long</i> shall I cry out to thee being injured, and thou wilt not save?<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Wherefore hast thou shown me troubles and griefs to look upon, misery and ungodliness? judgment is before me, and the judge receives a reward.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Therefore the law is frustrated, and judgment proceeds not effectually, for the ungodly <i>man</i> prevails over the just; therefore perverse judgment will proceed.<p> <A name="6"></a><p class="hdg">The LORD’s Answer<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Behold, ye despisers, and look, and wonder marvelously, and vanish: for I work a work in your days, which ye will in no wise believe, though a man declare <i>it to you</i>.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Wherefore, behold, I stir up the Chaldeans, the bitter and hasty nation, that walks upon the breadth of the earth, to inherit tabernacles not his own.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He is terrible and famous; his judgment shall proceed of himself, and his dignity shall come out of himself.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And his horses shall bound <i>more swiftly</i> than leopards, and <i>they are</i> fiercer than the wolves of Arabia: and his horsemen shall ride forth, and shall rush from far; and they shall fly as an eagle hasting to eat.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Destruction shall come upon ungodly men, resisting with their adverse front, and he shall gather the captivity as the sand.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And he shall be at his ease with kings, and princes are his toys, and he shall mock at every strong-hold, and shall cast a mound, and take possession of it.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then shall he change his spirit, and he shall pass through, and make an atonement, <i>saying</i>, This strength <i>belongs</i> to my god.<p> <A name="13"></a><p class="hdg">Habakkuk’s Second Complaint<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><i>Art</i> not thou from the beginning, O Lord God, my Holy One? and surely we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast established it for judgment, and he has formed me to chasten <i>with</i> his correction.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><i>His</i> eye is too pure to behold evil <i>doings</i>, and to look upon grievous afflictions: wherefore dost thou look upon despisers? wilt thou be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And wilt thou make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the reptiles which have no guide?<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He has brought up destruction with a hook, and drawn one with a casting net, and caught another in his drags: therefore shall his heart rejoice and be glad.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore will he sacrifice to his drag, and burn incense to his casting-net, because by them he has made his portion fat, and his meats choice.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore will he cast his net, and will not spare to slay the nations continually.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../nahum/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nahum 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nahum 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../habakkuk/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Habakkuk 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Habakkuk 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>