Habakkuk Chapter 1 verse 7 Holy Bible
They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
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They are greatly to be feared: their right comes from themselves.
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They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
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They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
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They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
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Terrible and fearful it `is', From itself its judgment and its excellency go forth.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - They. The Hebrew is singular throughout. The disposition of the people, as of one man, is depicted. Terrible; exciting terror, as Song of Solomon 6:4, 10. Their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves; his judgment and his eminence are from himself. The LXX. translates the two nouns κρίμα and λῆμμα: Vulgate, judicium and onus. The meaning is that the Chaldeans own no master, have no rule of right but their own will, attribute their glory and superiority to their own power and skill (comp. Daniel 4:130). They are like Achilles in Horace, 'Ep. ad Pison.,' 121, etc. - "Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer,Jura neget sibi nata, nihil non arroget armis." Hitzig quotes AEschyl. 'Prom.,' 186, Παρ ἑαυτῷ τό δίκαιον ἔχων, "Holding as justice what he deemeth so."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) Their judgment . . .--Their "judgment" means their claim to adjudge the affairs of mankind. It proceeds from "themselves," as irresponsible, recognising no Supreme Being as the source of justice.Their dignity, in like manner, proceeds from "themselves," because self-sustained, unsanctioned by the King of kings and Lord of lords.