Habakkuk 2:4
2 Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.
3 For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright — but the righteous will live by faith —
5 and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
6 Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright — but the righteous will live by faith —
- KJV
- Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
- WEB
- Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.
- ASV
- Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.
- DARBY
- Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright within him: but the just shall live by his faith.
- BLB
- Behold, one is not puffed up whose soul is upright within him, and the righteous one will live by his faith.
- ÅB
- Se, oppblåst og uærlig er hans sjel i ham[^1]; men den rettferdige skal leve ved sin tro.
- OTB
- “Se, den stolte,
Hans sjel er ikke oppriktig i ham;
Men den rettferdige skal leve ved sin tro. - B1930
- Se, opblåst og uærlig er hans sjel i ham; men den rettferdige skal leve ved sin tro. / < kaldeeren.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 1:17
For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
Read in contextHebrews 10:38
But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
Read in contextGalatians 3:11–12
Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
Read in contextGalatians 2:16
know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Read in contextJohn 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
Read in context1 John 5:10–12
Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
Read in contextLuke 18:14
I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Read in contextDaniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
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