Habbakuk 1:2

English Standard Version

2 O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? (Ps 13:1; Ps 89:46; Mic 6:12) 

New International Version

2 How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, ‘Violence!’ but you do not save? 

New International Reader’s Version

2 LORD, how long do I have to call out for help? Why don’t you listen to me? How long must I keep telling you that things are terrible? Why don’t you save us? 

King James Version

2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! 

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