Habakkuk 1:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

iniquity. Hebrew. 'avert. (App-44.). trouble, having special reference to the nature and consequences of evil-doing.

grievance. oppression, or injustice. Hebrew. 'amal. App-44.

there are that raise up.. reading is found in some codices (named in the Massorah), "I had to endure".

strife and contention. There should not be. comma after "strife", as in the Revised Version. The Hebrew accents indicate the one act, "and contention rising up", like "spoiling and violence are before me" in the preceding clause.

Habakkuk 1:3

3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.