King James Version

Habakkuk 1:7

They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

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אָיֹ֥םayomterribleאָיֹםadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “terrible”, the ordinary formH366frightfulterrible.וְנוֹרָ֖אvenoraand fearיָרֵאconjunction, verb, niphal, participle, absolute — “and fear”, a verb used as a describing wordH3372to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frightenaffright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).ה֑וּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.מִמֶּ֕נּוּmimenvfromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.מִשְׁפָּט֥וֹmishpatvolawמִשְׁפָּטnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right,…וּשְׂאֵת֖וֹuseetvoand dignityשְׂאֵתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and dignity”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7613an elevation or leprous scab; figuratively, elation or cheerfulness; exaltation in rank or characterbe accepted, dignity, excellency, highness, raise up self, rising.יֵצֵֽאyetsebring forthיָצָאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bring forth”, an unfinished actionH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They are terrible and dreadful; their law and their majesty proceed from themselves.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

Young’s Literal Translation

Terrible and fearful it [is], From itself its judgment and its excellency go forth.

World English Bible

They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

Darby Translation

They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

Douay-Rheims

They are dreadful, and terrible: from themselves shall their judgment, and their burden proceed.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They are terrible and dreadful; their law and their majesty proceed from themselves.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He is terrible and famous; his judgment shall proceed of himself, and his dignity shall come out of himself.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Φοβερὸς καὶ ἐπιφανής ἐστιν, ἐξ αὐτοῦ τὸ κρίμα αὐτοῦ ἔσται, καὶ τὸ λῆμμα αὐτοῦ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσεται.