Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 1:17:

• Kupsabiny: “But do you, God, accept for them to continue to do like this? Are these people to continue forever destroying other communities without having mercy (for them)?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Are they to keep on catching nations in their net,
  destroying them with no mercy whatever?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So, LORD, (are) they to keep-on-capturing and keep-on-destroying nations without mercy?’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “You did violent things to the people in Lebanon,
  and you killed the wild animals there,
  but you will be punished severely for doing that.
  You have killed many people
  and you have destroyed their lands and their cities.” (Source: Translation for Translators)