Hab 1:13 | HCSB | STEP | Your eyes are too pure to look on evil , and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing . So why do You tolerate those who are treacherous ? Why are You silent while one who is wicked swallows up one who is more righteous than himself?

b Ex 25:11; Ps 12:6; 19:9; 51:10; Pr 22:11; Ezk 36:25

Habakkuk 1:13

13 Your eyes ^a are too pure ^b to look on evil,
and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
So why do You tolerate those who are treacherous? ^c
Why are You silent
while one ^{▼▼= Babylon} who is wicked swallows up
one ^{▼▼= Judah} who is more righteous than himself?