Habakkuk 1:10

The LORD’s Answer

9All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand. 10They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it. 11Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.”

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Berean Standard Bible
They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.
American Standard Version (1901)
Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.
Bible in Basic English
He makes little of kings, rulers are a sport to him; all the strong places are to be laughed at; for he makes earthworks and takes them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And their prince shall triumph over kings, and princes shall be his laughingstock: and he shall laugh at every strong hold, and shall cast up a mount, and shall take it.
Free Bible Version
They mock kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh in scorn at fortresses—they pile up earth ramps and capture them.
Geneva Bible 1599
And they shall mocke the Kings, and the princes shalbe a skorne vnto them: they shall deride euery strong holde: for they shall gather dust, and take it.
King James (Authorized) Version
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
Translation for Translators
They make fun of kings and princes of other countries, and they ridicule all the cities that have high walls around them. They pile dirt outside those walls in order to climb up and capture those cities.
Unlocked Literal Bible
So they mock kings, and rulers are only a mockery for them. They laugh at every stronghold, for they heap up earth and take them.
Noah Webster Bible
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn to them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
World English Bible
Yes, they scoff at kings, and princes are a derision to them. They laugh at every stronghold, for they build up an earthen ramp and take it.
Young's Literal Translation
And at kings it doth scoff, And princes [are] a laughter to it, At every fenced place it doth laugh, And it heapeth up dust, and captureth it.