Habakkuk 1:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Thou art, &c. Note the Fig, Synchoresis (App-6).

evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.

iniquity. perverseness, or wrong. Hebrew. 'amal. App-44. Not the same word as in Habakkuk 1:3, or Habakkuk 2:12.

the wicked. a lawless one. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44. Looking forward to the Antichrist.

Habakkuk 1:13

13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity:e wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?