Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
To
To be delivered from the hand of calamity!
King James Version
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
Holman Bible
wealth for his house
to place his nest on high,
to escape from the reach of disaster!
International Standard Version
"Woe to the one who amasses profit upon unjust profit in order to establish his household, so he can establish a secure place on the heights and escape from the power of evil.
A Conservative Version
Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
American Standard Version
Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
Amplified
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who obtains wicked gain for his house [and thinks by so doing]
To set his nest on high,
That he may be rescued from the hand of evil.
Bible in Basic English
A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!
Darby Translation
Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil!
Julia Smith Translation
Wo! to him plundering an evil plunder to his house, to set his nest on high, to deliver from the hand of evil.
King James 2000
Woe to him that covets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of ruin!
Lexham Expanded Bible
Woe to [him who] obtains profit [from] evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be saved from the hand of misfortune!
Modern King James verseion
Woe to him who robs evil booty for his house, to set his nest on high, to be delivered from the hand of evil!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Woe unto him, that covetously gathereth evil gotten goods into his house: that he may set his nest on high, to escape from the power of misfortune.
NET Bible
The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.
New Heart English Bible
Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil.
The Emphasized Bible
Alas! for him who extorteth an extortion of wrong for his own house, - that he may set on high his nest, that he may be delivered from the grasp of calamity.
Webster
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
World English Bible
Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
Youngs Literal Translation
Woe to him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,
Themes
Ambition » Connected with » Covetousness
Covetousness » Woe denounced against
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Habakkuk 2:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Doom On The Unrighteous
8
All the remainder of the peoples will loot you—
Because of human bloodshed and violence
To the town and all its inhabitants.
To
To be delivered from the hand of calamity!
By cutting off many peoples;
So you are
Cross References
Jeremiah 49:16
The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
O you who live in the clefts of
Who occupy the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as
I will
Genesis 13:10-13
Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the
Genesis 19:26-38
But his wife, from behind him,
Deuteronomy 7:25-26
The graven images of their gods you are to
Joshua 7:21-26
when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight, then I
1 Kings 21:2-4
Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “
1 Kings 21:19-24
You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, “
2 Kings 5:20-27
But
Job 20:19-28
He has seized a house which he has not built.
Psalm 10:3-6
And
Psalm 49:11
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have
Psalm 52:7
But
And
Proverbs 18:11-12
And like a high wall in his own imagination.
Isaiah 28:15
And with
For we have made
Isaiah 47:7-9
These things you did not
Nor remember the
Jeremiah 22:13-19
And his
Who uses his neighbor’s services without pay
And
Obadiah 1:4
Though you set your nest among the
From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.
Zechariah 5:1-4
Then I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold, there was a flying
Acts 1:17-25
For he was
Jude 1:11
Woe to them! For they have gone