Habakkuk — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Source guide and review record
SAINTS TRANSLATION
Habakkuk
V3 • Working translation draft • Sep 12, 2026
Complete working translation draft. All 56 verses in each declared Hebrew and Greek main text and all 56 comparison notes were reviewed against the final reference. Targeted source-supported corrections and verified reception additions are recorded below. No critical-apparatus or manuscript collation, exhaustive reception survey, or independent specialist approval is claimed.
3 chapters • 56 translation rows
Reader’s guide
Read across each row to compare independent literal-smooth English renderings of the declared Hebrew and Greek texts. Rabbinic Priority and Saints Priority identify interpretive traditions, not alternate sources of biblical wording. Actual source references remain visible.
Both declared editions contain 17, 20 and 19 verses: 56 source verses in each and 56 comparison rows. Greek 3:7 begins with the eternal-goings material placed at the end of Hebrew 3:6; both source boundaries are retained. Selah and Greek diapsalma are retained as source-specific musical or literary markers; their performance instructions remain uncertain.
Source basis and review scope
Hebrew: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, fifth corrected edition (1997). Greek: Rahlfs–Hanhart Septuaginta, second revised edition (2006). Complete running texts were directly checked; the registered reception passages were consulted selectively.
Same: corresponding meaning. Similar: modest expression or emphasis difference. Different: meaningful specific detail. Divergent: addition, omission, or rearrangement. Disparate: major difference in meaning or consequence. Each row uses one governing category under the updated project reference.
Sources, Method & Decisions
Source register
[BHS1] Karl Elliger and Wilhelm Rudolph, eds., Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia; fifth corrected edition prepared by Adrian Schenker (1997), German Bible Society official online main text. Scope: Habakkuk 1, complete chapter. Access: Direct Hebrew main text. Accessed Sep 11, 2026.
[BHS2] Karl Elliger and Wilhelm Rudolph, eds., Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia; fifth corrected edition prepared by Adrian Schenker (1997), German Bible Society official online main text. Scope: Habakkuk 2, complete chapter. Access: Direct Hebrew main text. Accessed Sep 11, 2026.
[BHS3] Karl Elliger and Wilhelm Rudolph, eds., Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia; fifth corrected edition prepared by Adrian Schenker (1997), German Bible Society official online main text. Scope: Habakkuk 3, complete chapter. Access: Direct Hebrew main text. Accessed Sep 11, 2026.
[LXX1] Alfred Rahlfs, Septuaginta; second revised edition prepared by Robert Hanhart (2006), German Bible Society official online main text. Scope: Habakkuk 1, complete chapter. Access: Direct Greek main text. Accessed Sep 11, 2026.
[LXX2] Alfred Rahlfs, Septuaginta; second revised edition prepared by Robert Hanhart (2006), German Bible Society official online main text. Scope: Habakkuk 2, complete chapter. Access: Direct Greek main text. Accessed Sep 11, 2026.
[LXX3] Alfred Rahlfs, Septuaginta; second revised edition prepared by Robert Hanhart (2006), German Bible Society official online main text. Scope: Habakkuk 3, complete chapter. Access: Direct Greek main text. Accessed Sep 11, 2026.
[RASHI-HAB] Rashi, Commentary on Habakkuk 2:4, Chabad.org bilingual presentation. Scope: Commentary on 2:4. Access: Direct commentary reading; biblical translation not used as a base. Accessed Sep 11, 2026.
[HEB10] Hebrews 10:37–39, Nestle–Aland Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition (2012), German Bible Society online. Scope: 10:37–39, reuse of Habakkuk 2:3–4. Access: Direct Greek main text for apostolic reception. Accessed Sep 11, 2026.
[AUG-HAB] Augustine, City of God XVIII.31–32; Marcus Dods translation, NPNF First Series vol. 2 (1887), New Advent. Scope: XVIII.31–32: Christ’s advent; alternative creature identifications; the cross, evangelists and praise. Access: Direct English patristic translation; Latin not collated. Accessed Sep 11, 2026.
[ACT13] Nestle–Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition (2012), German Bible Society online. Scope: Acts 13:38–41. Direct Greek text for reception; not a replacement base.
[GAL3] Nestle–Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition (2012), German Bible Society online. Scope: Galatians 3:10–12. Direct Greek text for reception; not a replacement base.
Contextual term record
אמונה / πίστις → faithfulness. 2:4; faith/trust is also possible; the human “his” versus divine “My” is preserved.
שגינות / μετὰ ᾠδῆς → Shigionoth / with a song. 3:1; no unverified performance instruction is imposed.
סלה / διάψαλμα → Selah / Diapsalma. 3:3,9,13; inherited markers retained with uncertain performance meaning.
דבר; רשף / λόγος; πέδιλα → pestilence; plague / word; sandals. 3:5; preserve substantially different divine-appearing images.
משיחך / τοὺς χριστούς σου → Your anointed / Your anointed ones. 3:13; preserve singular/plural without inserting Jesus as a narrative proper name.
מעורים / σπήλαια → nakedness / caves. 2:15; do not assume euphemistic equivalence without evidence.
Material decisions
Complete direct reading and independent translation of all 56 verses in each publisher main text; no apparatus collation or eclectic emendations.
Retained the declared Hebrew “we shall not die” at 1:12.
Preserved the pronouns and word order distinguishing Habakkuk 2:4 from its quotation in Hebrews 10:38.
Retained source-specific difficult poetry and classified its uncertainty explicitly.
Recorded the movement of the eternal-ways clause from Hebrew 3:6 into Greek 3:7.
V2: clarified the Hebrew second-person subject at 1:3, left the uncertain Greek final possessive at 1:12 lowercase, and made the horses’ action explicit at Greek 3:15.
V2: rechecked Rashi 2:4, Hebrews 10:37–39 and Augustine XVIII.31–32; added Acts 13:40–41, Galatians 3:11 and concise attributed Augustine reception. Different citation wordings remain distinct from the selected main text.
Production note: Source chapter and verse references remain visible throughout.
Open questions
1:3,7,9,11–12: review Greek legal, claim, propitiation and reproof syntax and Hebrew advancing direction.
2:3–5: review the force of faith/faithfulness, the masculine Greek awaited one and Hebrew yāpēaḥ.
2:6,15–17: review Hebrew ʿaḇṭîṭ and yeḥîṯan and Greek turbid overthrow/caves; no conjectural readings used.
3:9–10,13–16: several difficult Hebrew and Greek poetic clauses require specialist review; present literal renderings remain provisional.
3:19: assess the Greek toward-completion phrase while preserving the absence of the Hebrew deer image.
Classification totals
Same: 5 • Different: 26 • Disparate: 16 • Similar: 6 • Divergent: 3. Counting unit: one aligned verse row. These are affected rows, not unique textual variants.
Disparate index
1:3, 1:5, 1:9, 1:11, 1:12, 2:4, 2:15, 3:2, 3:4, 3:5, 3:9, 3:10, 3:13, 3:14, 3:16, 3:19