Habakkuk 2:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. ”

Habakkuk 2:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, his soul which is lifted up - literally, swollen Is not upright in him - The construction is probably that of a condition expressed absolutely. Lo, swollen is it, not upright is his...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, (d) his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. (d) To trust in himself, or in any worldly thing, is never to be at peace: for the only rest is...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Oracle from Yahweh. Unable to explain the mystery, the prophet stations himself on his watch-tower, and looks for the revelation of God's purpose. Soon the oracle comes, and he is asked to writ...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos (App-6), emphasizing the twofold answer to the prophet's prayer: the fate of the wicked in the coming judgment, and the preservation and eternal lot of the rig...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

This verse stands connected with the last, for the Prophet means to show that nothing is better than to rely on God’s word, how much soever may various temptations assault our souls. We hence s...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1223 FAITH AND UNBELIEF CONTRASTED Habakkuk 2:4 . Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith . THE sense of these words is not ve...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. Behold, his soul which is lifted up - He that presumes on his safety without any special warrant fro...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Behold, his soul, &c.— Behold, if any one draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him, &c. Houbigant however renders it, But if any one shall withdraw himself, his soul shall not ov...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. Behold, his soul which is lifted up - the Chaldean's soul (Maurer). The unbelieving Jew's soul...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Faith Triumphant 1-4. The view from the watchtower. 1 . The prophet climbs his tower, for he must reach a vantage point, if he is to contemplate with real understanding and insight the confusion...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Behold his soul .... — Better, Behold his soul within him is puffed up, it is not upright. The soul of the Chaldæan invader is inflated with pride, self-dependence ousting from his mind all though...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Habakkuk 1:1-17 Habakkuk 1:2-17 ; Habakkuk 2:1-4 (or 8) Yet it is the first piece which raises the most difficult questions. All admit that it is to be dated somewhere along the line of Jeremi...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Just Shall Live by Faith” Habakkuk 2:1-20 Having prayed, the prophet expected an answer and looked out for it. When it came, there would be no mistaking it. But until we see eye to eye, we...
Habakkuk 2:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this first division of the Book we have the prophet's statement of the problems which vexed his soul. The first was the apparent indifference of Jehovah both to his prayer and to the condition of...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What vision is this? The whole prophecy of Isaiah is called a vision. Isaiah 1:1 . And that we know to have been concerning the Lord Jesus and his gospel. And is not this the same? Was not Jesus sen...
Habakkuk 2:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him ,.... This and the following clause describe two sorts of persons differently affected to the Messiah, and the promise of his coming. Here...
Habakkuk 2:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. Ver. 4. Behold, his soul which is lifted up ] Ebulat, protuberat, which swelleth like a bubble,...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, his soul which is lifted up That does not humbly adore and acquiesce in the justice and wisdom of the divine dispensations, but contends against them, and provides for his safety in a way o...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Waiting upon God; The People Directed. B. C. 600. 1 I will stand upon my watch, and set...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Behold; note it: there are two sorts of persons who concern themselves in this puzzling question of the Divine providence; some object. and quarrel contest with God, proudly, discontentedly, and im...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk Looks Anxiously For The Answer To His Questions ( Habakkuk 2:1-5 ) Habakkuk 2:1 ‘I will stand on my watch, And settle myself on the tower, And look out to see what he will say to me,...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Habakkuk 2:4 .] Judgment announced. Lifted] Puffed up, then haughty or presumptuous. Upright] Not straight, not without turning or trickery. The heart of the enemy was proud...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Zechariah 2:3-4 A large space of the Church's history, and of every believer's experience, is occupied by waiting. The whole of the Old Testament was a waiting for one dispensation. The whole of t...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Habakkuk 2:1 . I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. «I shall look to God, and I shall...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 2:1 . I will stand upon my watch. The ancient nations often had no great confidence in what is now called, The faith of treaties. The Israelites kept a watchman on the tower of Jezreel;...
Habakkuk 2:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Just shall live by his faith. Faith and the higher life All men live by faith, and in our world man is the only creature who lives by faith. A world altogether without faith, where no man c...
Habakkuk 2:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Habakkuk 2:1-35 § 5. The prophet, waiting for an answer to his expostulation, is bidden to write the oracle in plain characters, because its fulfilment is certain. Habakkuk...
Habakkuk 2:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Introduction and the First Woe
Habakkuk 2:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 5:10-12 ; 1 Peter 5:5 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:4 ; Daniel 4:30 ; Daniel 4:37 ; Daniel 5:20-23 ; Galatians 2:16 ; Galatians 3:11 ; Galatians 3:12 ; Hebrews 10:38 ; Job 40:11 ; Job 40:12...
Habakkuk 2:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Which is lifted up — That proudly contests with the justice and wisdom of the Divine Providence, and provides for his own safety by his own wit. The just — The humble and upright one, who adores th...

Habakkuk 2:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Habakkuk 2:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Habakkuk 2:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Habakkuk 2:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Habakkuk 2:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Habakkuk 2:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Habakkuk 2:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Habakkuk 2:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Habakkuk 2:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Habakkuk 2:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Habakkuk 2:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Habakkuk 2:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Habakkuk 2:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Habakkuk 2:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Habakkuk 2:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Habakkuk 2:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Habakkuk 2:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Habakkuk 2:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Habakkuk 2:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Habakkuk 2:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Habakkuk 2:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Habakkuk 2:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Habakkuk 2:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Habakkuk 2:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 2:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes