Habakkuk 1:5

King James Version (KJV)

Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.

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3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.

6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.

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

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Habakkuk 1:5 in every translation

KJV King James Version: Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
WEB World English Bible: “Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days which you will not believe though it is told you.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: “Look at the nations and observe— be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
ASV American Standard Version: Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: Look ye on nations, and behold and marvel greatly. For a work He is working in your days, Ye do not believe though it is declared.
DBY Darby Translation: See ye among the nations, and behold, and wonder marvellously; for [I] work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be declared [to you].
WBS Webster Bible: Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you .