Parallel HAB 1:13

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BSB Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil,
⇔ and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
 ⇔ So why do You tolerate the faithless?
⇔ Why are You silent
 ⇔ while the wicked swallow up
⇔ those more righteous than themselves?

OEB Your eyes are too pure to look at evil,
⇔ you cannot condone iniquity.
 ⇔ So why do you regard the treacherous in silence,
⇔ while the wicked swallows the upright?

WEB You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

NET You are too just to tolerate evil;
 ⇔ you are unable to condone wrongdoing.
 ⇔ So why do you put up with such treacherous people?
 ⇔ Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?

LSV Purer of eyes than to behold evil,
You are not able to look on perverseness,
Why do You behold the treacherous? You keep silent when the wicked
Swallow the more righteous than he,

FBV Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil; you cannot stand the sight of wrong. So why do you put up with untrustworthy people? Why are you silent when the wicked destroy those who do less evil than they do?

T4T You [SYN] are pure, and you cannot endure looking at what is evil,
⇔ so why are you ignoring men who are treacherous?
 ⇔ Why do you do nothing
⇔ to punish those wicked men from Babylonia
⇔ who destroy people who are more righteous than they are?

LEB  • are too pure to see evil, and you are not able to look at wrongdoing. •  Why do you look at the treacherous? •  Why are you silent when the wicked swallows up •  someone more righteous than him?

BBE Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?

MOF No MOF HAB book available

JPS Thou that art of eyes too pure to behold evil, and that canst not look on mischief, wherefore lookest Thou, when they deal treacherously, and holdest Thy peace, when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;

ASV Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;

DRA Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil, and thou canst not look on iniquity. Why lookest thou upon them that do unjust things, and holdest thy peace when the wicked devoureth the man that is more just than himself?

YLT Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,

DBY [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on mischief: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] keepest silence when the wicked swalloweth up a [man] more righteous than he?

RV Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;

WBS Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;

KJB Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
  (Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou/you upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy/your tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?)

BB Thou art of pure eyes, and canst not see euyl, thou canst not behold wickednesse: wherfore then doest thou loke vpo the transgressours, and holdest thy tongue, when the wicked deuoureth the man that is more righteous then he?
  (Thou art of pure eyes, and canst not see euyl, thou/you canst not behold wickedness: wherfore then doest thou/you look upo the transgressours, and holdest thy/your tongue, when the wicked deuoureth the man that is more righteous then he?)

GNV Thou art of pure eyes, and canst not see euill: thou canst not behold wickednesse: wherefore doest thou looke vpon the transgressors, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked deuoureth the man, that is more righteous then he?
  (Thou art of pure eyes, and canst not see evil: thou/you canst not behold wickedness: wherefore doest thou/you look upon the transgressors, and holdest thy/your tongue when the wicked deuoureth the man, that is more righteous then he?)

CB Thine eyes are clene, thou mayest not se euell, thou canst not beholde ye thinge that is wicked. Wherfore then dost thou loke vpon the vngodly, and holdest thy tunge, when the wicked deuoureth the man that is better the himself?
  (Thine eyes are clene, thou/you mayest/may not see evil, thou/you canst not behold ye/you_all thing that is wicked. Wherefore then dost thou/you look upon the ungodly, and holdest thy/your tunge, when the wicked deuoureth the man that is better the himself?)

WYC Thin iyen ben clene, se thou not yuel, and thou schalt not mowe biholde to wickidnesse. Whi biholdist thou not on men doynge wickidli, and thou art stille, while the vnpitouse man deuourith a more iust man than hymsilf?
  (Thin iyen been clene, see thou/you not yuel, and thou/you schalt not more behold to wickednesse. Whi behold thou/you not on men doynge wickedli, and thou/you art stille, while the unpitouse man deuourith a more just man than hymsilf?)

LUT Deine Augen sind rein, daß du Übels nicht sehen magst, und dem Jammer kannst du nicht zusehen. Warum siehest du denn zu den Verächtern und schweigest, daß der GOttlose verschlinget den, der frömmer denn er ist,
  (Deine Augen are rein, that you Übels not see magst, and to_him Yammer kannst you not zusehen. Warum siehest you because to the Verächtern and schweigest, that the Godlose verschlinget den, the frömmer because he is,)

CLV Mundi sunt oculi tui, ne videas malum, et respicere ad iniquitatem non poteris. Quare respicis super iniqua agentes, et taces devorante impio justiorem se?
  (Mundi are oculi tui, ne videas malum, and respicere to iniquitatem not/no poteris. Quare respicis super iniqua agentes, and taces devorante impio justiorem se?)

BRN His eye is too pure to behold evil doings, and to look upon grievous afflictions: wherefore dost thou look upon despisers? wilt thou be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?

BrLXX Καθαρὸς ὀφθαλμὸς τοῦ μὴ ὁρᾷν πονηρὰ, καὶ ἐπιβλέπειν ἐπὶ πόνους ὀδύνης· ἱνατί ἐπιβλέπεις ἐπὶ καταφρονοῦντας; παρασιωπήσῃ ἐν τῷ καταπίνειν ἀσεβῆ τὸν δίκαιον;
  (Katharos ofthalmos tou maʸ horan ponaʸra, kai epiblepein epi ponous odunaʸs; hinati epiblepeis epi katafronountas? parasiōpaʸsaʸ en tōi katapinein asebaʸ ton dikaion?)