Habakkuk 2:3-4
New American Standard Bible
3 For the vision is yet for the (A)appointed time;
It [a]hurries toward the goal and it will not [b]fail.
Though it delays, (B)wait for it;
For it will certainly come, it (C)will not delay long.
4 “Behold, as for the (D)impudent one,
His soul is not right within him;
But the (E)righteous one will live by his [c]faith.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:3 Lit pants
- Habakkuk 2:3 Or lie
- Habakkuk 2:4 Or faithfulness
Habakkuk 2:3-4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 For there is still a vision for the appointed time;
it speaks of the end and does not lie.
If it seems to tarry, wait for it;
it will surely come; it will not delay.(A)
4 Look at the proud!
Their spirit is not right in them,
but the righteous live by their faithfulness.(B)
Habakkuk 2:3-4
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
3 For as yet the vision is far off, and it shall appear at the end, and shall not lie: if it make any delay, wait for it: for it shall surely come, and it shall not be slack.
4 Behold, he that is unbelieving, his soul shall not be right in himself: but the just shall live in his faith.
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Habakkuk 2:3-4
The Message
Full of Self, but Soul-Empty
2-3 And then God answered: “Write this.
Write what you see.
Write it out in big block letters
so that it can be read on the run.
This vision-message is a witness
pointing to what’s coming.
It aches for the coming—it can hardly wait!
And it doesn’t lie.
If it seems slow in coming, wait.
It’s on its way. It will come right on time.
* * *
4 “Look at that man, bloated by self-importance—
full of himself but soul-empty.
But the person in right standing before God
through loyal and steady believing
is fully alive, really alive.
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