Habakkuk 1:13

“You are too pure of eyes to see evil, and to look on trouble you are not able. Why do you look on traitors, and keep silent when the wicked swallows one more righteous than he?”

Habakkuk 1:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Habakkuk 1:13, word by word

You are too pureטְהוֹרtehor

pure

Pure, clean.

Where else “tehor” appears
of eyesעֵינַיִםenayim

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

Where else “enayim” appears
to seeרְאוֹתreot

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “reot” appears
evilרָעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “ra” appears
and to lookהַבִּיטhabit

look

Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.

Where else “habit” appears
troubleעָמָלamal

toil

Exhausting effort and what it earns.

Where else “amal” appears
ableתוּכָלtuchal

be able

To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.

Where else “tuchal” appears
traitorsבּוֹגְדִיםbogdim

act treacherously

Be unfaithful: break one's word or someone's trust.

Where else “bogdim” appears
and keep silentתַּחֲרִישׁtacharish

be silent

To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.

Where else “tacharish” appears
when the wickedרָשָׁעrasha

wicked

One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.

Where else “rasha” appears
swallowsבַלַּעvala

swallow

Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.

Where else “vala” appears
one more righteousצַדִּיקtsadik

righteous

Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.

Where else “tsadik” appears

The context

12Are you not from of old, YHWH, my Elohim, my Holy One? We will not die. YHWH, for judgment you have appointed him, and, Rock, for reproving you have established him.

13 · This verse (above)

14And you make human beings like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler over them.

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