Habakkuk 2:2-4
English Standard Version
The Righteous Shall Live by His Faith
2 And the Lord answered me:
(A)“Write the vision;
make it plain on tablets,
so he may run who reads it.
3 For still (B)the vision awaits its appointed time;
it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, (C)wait for it;
(D)it will surely come; it will not delay.
4 “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
but (E)the righteous shall live by his faith.[a]
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:4 Or faithfulness
Habakkuk 2:2-4
International Standard Version
God’s Reply to the Prophet’s Complaint
2 When he answered, the Lord told me:
“Write out the revelation,
engraving it clearly on the tablets,
so that a courier may run with it.[a]
3 For the revelation pertains to an appointed time—
it speaks truthfully[b] about the end.
Though it delays, wait for it,
because it will surely come about—
it will not be late!
4 “Notice their[c] arrogance—
they have no inward uprightness[d]—
but the righteous will live by their faith.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:2 Or that whoever reads it may run
- Habakkuk 2:3 Lit. speaks without deception
- Habakkuk 2:4 I.e. the Babylonian invaders
- Habakkuk 2:4 Lit. no uprightness of soul
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