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Habakkuk 1:4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 4 So law is paralyzed,
  And justice is never carried out.
  
  For the wicked surround the righteous;
  That is why justice is perverted.+

Habakkuk 1:4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 4 Therefore law grows numb, and justice never goes forth.+ Because the wicked one is surrounding the righteous one, for that reason justice goes forth crooked.+

Habakkuk 1:4

The Bible in Living English
- 4 * Therefore religion is numbed, and justice comes out nevermore, because a criminal brings numbers against the one who has right on his side and therefore justice comes out on the wrong track.

Habakkuk 1:4

American Standard Version
- 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.

Habakkuk 1:4

The Emphasized Bible
- 4 For which cause benumbed is the law, And there is never any going forth of justice,—For the lawless doth circumvent the righteous, For which cause justice doth go forth perverted?

Habakkuk 1:4

King James Version
- 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

Habakkuk

Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
- 1:4 hp 132-133; w78 10/15 13; g63 12/22 5; w35 134