Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content
Previous Next
Add parallel Print Page Options Listen to Habakkuk 1:1-2
Close NKJV

Habakkuk 1:1-2
New King James Version

The Prophet Questions God’s Judgments

1 The [a]burden which the prophet Habakkuk saw.

The Prophet’s Question

2 O Lord, how long shall I cry,
(A)And You will not hear?
Even cry out to You, (B)“Violence!”
And You will (C)not save.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:1 oracle, prophecy
Listen to Habakkuk 1:1-2
Close ESV

Habakkuk 1:1-2
English Standard Version

1 (A)The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.

Habakkuk's Complaint

2 O Lord, (B)how long shall I cry for help,
    and you will not hear?
Or cry to you (C)“Violence!”
    and you will not save?

Read full chapter
Next
Nahum 3
Habakkuk 2
Next
dropdown
New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Learn the Bible in 30 days
English Standard Version (ESV)

The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.

ESV Study Bible