NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Woehowy (hoh'ee) oh! -- ah, alas, ho, O, woe. to him that buildeth banah (baw-naw') to build (literally and figuratively) -- (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), surely. a town `iyr (eer) or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town. with blood dam (dawm) blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood) and stablisheth kuwn (koon) to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications a city qiryah (kir-yaw') a city -- city. by iniquity `evel (eh'-vel) (moral) evil -- iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness). Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed And founds a town with violence! King James Bible Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! Holman Christian Standard Bible Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and founds a town with injustice! International Standard Version "Woe to the one who founds a city upon bloodshed, and constructs a city by lawlessness. NET Bible The one who builds a city by bloodshed is as good as dead--he who starts a town by unjust deeds. GOD'S WORD® Translation " 'How horrible it will be for the one who builds a city by slaughter and founds a town by crime.' King James 2000 Bible Woe to him that builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity! Links Habakkuk 2:12Habakkuk 2:12 NIV Habakkuk 2:12 NLT Habakkuk 2:12 ESV Habakkuk 2:12 NASB Habakkuk 2:12 KJV |
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