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Habakkuk 1:4

New American Standard Bible

4 Therefore the Law is ignored, And justice is never upheld. For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore justice comes out confused.

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American Standard Version

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

Christian Standard Bible

This is why the law is ineffective and justice never emerges. For the wicked restrict the righteous; therefore, justice comes out perverted.

English Standard Version

So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted.

King James Version

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

New International Version

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

New King James Version

Therefore the law is powerless, And justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore perverse judgment proceeds.

New Living Translation

The law has become paralyzed, and there is no justice in the courts. The wicked far outnumber the righteous, so that justice has become perverted.

World English Bible

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.