Habakkuk 2:4,Habakkuk 2:5,Habakkuk 2:9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 2:4

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos ( App-6 ), emphasizing the twofold answer to the prophet's prayer: the fate of the wicked in the coming judgment, and the preservation and eternal lot of the righteous. Supply the Ellipsis: "Behold [the proud one]". his: i.e. the Chaldean's of Habakkuk 1:0 ; or the lawless one described in Hab 1 and in the verses which follow. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . the just = a righteous one. Quoted in Romans 1:17 and Galatians 1:3 , Galatians 1:11 . Compare... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:4

"Behold his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith."Designated by many commentators as, "one of the profoundest utterance of the O.T.,"[8] this passage is quite generally grossly misunderstood. There is no reference whatever here to the inward, subjective faith of believers. As Moffatt translated the passage, "The good man lives as he is faithful." "Faith" in the biblical sense means faithfulness, integrity, perseverance, and fidelity. "Here... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 2:4

Habakkuk 2:4. Behold, his soul, &c.— Behold, if any one draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him, &c. Houbigant however renders it, But if any one shall withdraw himself, his soul shall not overcome: but he who shall be constant [or firm in his reliance] shall live by his faith. It is the same admonition which we frequently read in Jeremiah, that if any one upon the taking of Jerusalem should withdraw himself and flee into Egypt, to escape the Chaldeans, it should not turn out... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 2:4

4. his soul which is lifted up—the Chaldean's [MAURER]. The unbelieving Jew's [HENDERSON]. is not upright in him—that is, is not accounted upright in God's sight; in antithesis to "shall live." So Hebrews 10:38, which with inspired authority applies the general sense to the particular case which Paul had in view, "If any man draw back (one result of being 'lifted up' with overweening arrogancy), my soul shall have no pleasure in him." the just shall live by his faith—the Jewish nation, as... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 2:2-20

II. HABAKKUK’S QUESTIONS AND YAHWEH’S ANSWERS 1:2-2:20The prophet asked Yahweh two questions and received two answers. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 2:4

Proud Babylon was not right in doing what she did but was puffed up with pride and evil passions. In contrast, the righteous one will live by his faith (cf. Genesis 15:6). By implication, Babylon, the unrighteous one, would not live because she did not live by faith (trust in God) but by sight and might. She sought to gratify her ambitions by running over other people rather than by submitting to God’s sovereignty.This verse appears three times in the New Testament. Paul quoted it in Romans... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 2:4-5

2. The Lord’s indictment of Babylon 2:4-5Having prepared the prophet for His answer, the Lord now gave it. What follows must be that revelation. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:1-20

Faith Triumphant1-4. The view from the watchtower.1. The prophet climbs his tower, for he must reach a vantage point, if he is to contemplate with real understanding and insight the confusion about his feet, i.e. occasioned by Chaldean aggressiveness and indifference to right. The tower is not, of course, a literal tower—some high and lonely place to which the prophet may retire; it simply suggests the inner light of revelation, by the aid of which he contemplates the perplexing situation. The... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Habakkuk 2:4

(4) Behold his soul. . . .—Better, Behold his soul within him is puffed up, it is not upright. The soul of the Chaldæan invader is inflated with pride, self-dependence ousting from his mind all thoughts of God. It is therefore unsound and distorted. Habakkuk leaves the inference “and therefore it shall die” to be imagined, and hastens to the antithesis, “But the righteous man shall live by his faith.” The word live is emphatic. The reward promised to patient waitings on God is life—deliverance... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Habakkuk 2:1-20

The Free-thinker Among the Prophets Habakkuk 2:1 Tradition has much to tell of Habakkuk the Prophet, but history has nothing. He belongs to a class who have made history; he is the kind of man whom God sends to usher in new stages, and launch new epochs of knowledge and action. Look at the spirit of his questioning. I. It was a temper which, with all its daring, was always reverent, and in its utter frankness was completely sincere. This man never rails against God; he is never irreverent,... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Habakkuk 2:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Habakkuk 2:4

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Habakkuk 2:4

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 2:2-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 2:4

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Habakkuk 2:4-5

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Habakkuk 2:1-20

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Habakkuk 2:4

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Habakkuk 2:1-20

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