Jump to Previous Basing Blood Bloodshed Buildeth Building Builds City Crime Curse Establishes Establisheth Establishing Evil-Doing Iniquity Stablisheth Unrighteousness Violence Wo WoeJump to Next Basing Blood Bloodshed Buildeth Building Builds City Crime Curse Establishes Establisheth Establishing Evil-Doing Iniquity Stablisheth Unrighteousness Violence Wo WoeParallel Verses English Standard Version “Woe to him who builds a town with blood and founds a city on iniquity! 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! American King James Version Woe to him that builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity! American Standard Version Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! Douay-Rheims Bible Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and prepareth a city by iniquity. Darby Bible Translation Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by unrighteousness! English Revised Version Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! Webster's Bible Translation Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! World English Bible Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity! Young's Literal Translation Woe to him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity. 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). Multilingual Habacuc 2:12 FrenchLinks Habakkuk 2:12 NIV • Habakkuk 2:12 NLT • Habakkuk 2:12 ESV • Habakkuk 2:12 NASB • Habakkuk 2:12 KJV • Habakkuk 2:12 Bible Apps • Habakkuk 2:12 Parallel • Bible Hub |